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.
George Oommen paints India-based abstract pictures
Painter George Oommen creates distinctive images of Kerala, India—his homeland. With video of the artist at work.
In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"
Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
Video: Learn about painter George Oommen's distinctive dripping technique
This video, shot in the studio of painter George Oommen, explores Oommen's distinctive dripping technique.
Jeannie Suk advocates copyright protection for fashion designers' work
Should U.S. fashion designers enjoy the same copyright protection as fellow creative artists—and their European counterparts?
American business embraces photography in the 1930s
Corporate culture embraces photography.
Highbrow Lingerie
Fashion designer Laura Mehlinger draws on inspirations ranging from Vladimer Nabokow to Prince.
Sculptor James Dinerstein’s work fuses ancient and modern art
Sculptor James Dinerstein’s works in concrete and bronze fuse ancient forms with modern abstraction.
by Paul Gleason
Weld Boathouse gains Ellen Kennelly sculpture
Ellen Kennelly ’85 has created a new glass sculpture for Weld Boathouse.
Nanoscience in photographs
In words and images, George M. Whitesides and Felice. C. Frankel explicate tools, concepts, and applications in nanoscience.
Sassetta's Borgo San Sepolcro altarpiece, reconstructed
Sixty paintings once adorned the altarpiece of a Franciscan church in the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro. View illustrations from the modern-day reconstruction.