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.

A Harvard Art Museums Painting Gets a Bath

Water and sunlight help restore a modern American classic.

by Max J. Krupnick

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

Rare 1776 U.S. flag displayed; Motif No. 1 celebrated in new book

A star-spangled Colonial find and a book honoring Motif No. 1

Colorful Realm Japanese painting exhibit opens at National Gallery

Yukio Lippit curates Colorful Realm exhibit at National Gallery

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Yukio Lippit video on 18th-century Japanese painter Itō Jakuchū

In a video interview, Yukio Lippit explains the beauty of Japanese paintings displayed in the Cherry Blossom Festival centennial exhibit.

Anthony Amore explains art theft

A video interview with Anthony Amore, director of security at the museum where the largest heist in history took place