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.

For This Poet, AI is a Writing Partner

Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Gifts for the arts

Holiday gifts that support the arts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Lorenzo Tañada

Brief life of a Philippine patriot: 1898-1992

by Christopher Capozzola

Photographer Mark Erickson’s street scenes of 1990s Vietnam

Photographer Mark Erickson on the Vietnam he never knew

by Dan Kelly

At Home with Harvard: Sounds of Music

A selection of our stories on musicians, composers, conductors, music scholars, and more 

Immigrant Stories, in Song

Sociologist Roberto Gonzales’s research is becoming a musical.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Being With the Other

A Radcliffe exhibition explores a lifetime of artwork and female friendship

by Lydialyle Gibson

At Home with Harvard: Library Treasures

Our coverage of Harvard’s libraries, more relevant than ever in an online world

Profile of voiceover actor Adriana Colón

Adriana Colón forges aural connections.

by Matteo Wong

Profile of novelist and TV doctor Ian K. Smith

Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction

by Lydialyle Gibson

Megha Majumdar's debut novel, “A Burning,” tackles inequality and violence

The Harvard graduate, who grew up in Kolkata, mines the India of her childhood for a tale with modern resonance.

by Lydialyle Gibson