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.

Rachel Ruysch’s Lush (Still) Life

Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, a Dutch painter’s art proved a treasure trove for scientists.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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.

Art installation by Peter Agoos at Boston's Fort Point Channel

Peter Agoos ’75 brightened Boston’s public art scene this summer.

The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley

The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley

Michael Wang '03 creates micrograph art of artificially produced stem cells

Michael Wang's Differentiation Series, a sequence of micrograph images of artificially produced stem cells, is on display at the Carpenter Center through October 7.

The paper art of Laurie Krasny Brown

Laurie Krasny Brown crafts colorful works from an “accessible, flexible, beautiful” material.

by Craig Lambert

Video game designer Scott Duquette of 38 Studios

Video-game designer Scott Duquette ’05, a new kind of urban planner

by Dan Barbarisi

Japanese nature painting exhibit is National Gallery's seventh most popular ever

Suite of Japanese nature paintings draws more visitors than 1976 King Tut exhibit

Brooke Lampley heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's

Brooke Lampley '02 heads modern and impressionist art at Christie's.

by Craig Lambert