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.

Black and white photo of a large mushroom cloud rising above the horizon.

Open Book: A New Nuclear Age

Harvard historian Serhii Plokhy’s latest book looks at the rising danger of a new arms race.

Novelist Ann Petry, in an undated photograph by Edna Guy

Brief life of novelist Ann Petry, by Farah Jasmine Griffin

Brief life of a celebrity-averse novelist: 1908-1997

by Farah Jasmine G...

Anita Elberse, backed by a picture of basketball superstar LeBron James, an important figure in her book <i>Blockbusters</i>

Anita Elberse on the big business of blockbusters

In entertainment, big bets on likely winners rule.

by Craig Lambert

illustration of old man

Robert Frost revealed in his letters

Robert Frost’s “doubleness,” revealed in his letters—and poems.

by Adam Kirsch

Joanna Hershon forays in historical fiction

Joanna Hershon marshaled period details from the 1960s

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

A 1981 photograph taken in the Lampoon Castle shows <i>Simpsons</i> stalwarts Mike Reiss ’81 (seated left) and Al Jean ’81 (holding an iron). Patric Verrone ’81, who juggles pool balls behind them, is also a successful TV comedy writer with <i>Simpsons</i> credits. Holding the axe is the late Ted Phillips ’81, who became a lawyer in South Carolina and passed away in 2005. He has a character (Duke Phillips) named after him in <i>The Critic,</i> an animated series created by Jean and Reiss.

"The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets" reveals hidden science references

Simon Singh’s new book reveals multiple math references in the show and reveals their Harvard sources.

Gail Collins

Gail Collins, at Radcliffe, tells when everything changed

The New York Times columnist speaks on the rapid revolution wrought by feminism.

Jill Lepore

Harvardians Short-listed for 2013 National Book Awards

Professor Jill Lepore and three alumni are recognized.

<i>If I Knew Then</i> contains vignettes from nearly 100 alumni of the HBS class of 1963, writing about topics on which they were asked to reflect: Careers, Marriage & Family, Business, Leadership, Wealth, Growing Older, Charity & Spirituality, Happiness & Success, Turning Points, and Life's Lessons.

Harvard Business School's Class of 1963 reflects on life and business

HBS’s Class of 1963 reflects on the occasion of their fiftieth reunion.

Landon Richard, age 4, feeds Cosmo, a one-month-old goat. Cosmo is on the staff of Animal Craze, a local traveling farm.

A petting zoo at Harvard, a true Harvard/Yale man, and "Lies You Wanted to Hear"

Petting zoo on the Plaza, a Harvard/Yale man, and a late-blooming novelist

Mallow, the work of Pierre Joseph Buc’hoz

Dumbarton Oaks garden collection publishes flower book

A rare collection of blooms housed at Dumbarton Oaks

by Craig Lambert