Arts & Culture

Explore Harvard’s vibrant arts scene—from campus exhibitions and theater to cultural analysis and literary reviews. Discover how creativity shapes the Harvard experience.

What of the Humble Pencil?

Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage

by Olivia Farrar

FBI identifies thieves who stole paintings from the Gardner Museum

The FBI has identified the thieves who stole 13 paintings from the Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990.

Bob Egan traces the places of pop icons

Bob Egan finds the original venues of iconic images.

by Craig Lambert

Jennifer Rubell's edible and tactile art, events, and happenings

Jennifer Rubell makes art to touch, crawl into, or even drink and eat.

by Craig Lambert

Katiti Kirondé ’79 on the details of fashion

Katiti Kirondé ’79 on the details of fashion

Artist Samantha Holmes makes contemporary mosaics.

A contemporary take on an ancient medium

by Craig Lambert

Karmaloop sells clothes online dealing with the 18-to-35-year-old crowd

Greg Selkoe's company sells “verge culture”-style clothing aimed at the 18-to-35 crowd.

Fashion professionals from Harvard

Designers, models, and merchants tint the fashion industry Crimson.

by Craig Lambert

Harvard alumni in the online retail business

From “flash sale” mania to renting a $10,000 Vera Wang gown, Harvard alumni are taking the world of online fashion by storm.

Contemporary art at Harvard Business School, thanks to Gerald W. Schwartz

An unusual art collection in an unexpected place

by John S. Rosenberg

Rotterdam art theft prompts response from security expert Anthony Amore

Anthony Amore, M.P.A. ’00, comments on a Rotterdam museum’s loss.