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.

Creepy Crawlies and Sticky Murder Weapons at Harvard

In the shadows of Singapore’s forests, an ancient predator lies in wait—the velvet worm.

by Olivia Farrar

‘Lilac Sunday’—a history of the Arnold Arboretum cultivar

The Arnold Arboretum's "Lilac Sunday" tradition

by Christopher Reed

Construction update on the Harvard Art Museum

Alumni returning to Cambridge this spring will find the Fogg expansion looming large.

Harvard Art Museums delay Fogg reopening until 2014

New art-museum schedule reflects complex construction, reinstallation

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.

Medieval manuscript illuminates monthly guidance on living well

A medieval manuscript illuminates monthly guides to diet and health.

by Christopher Reed

Cherry Blossom Festival centennial marked with exhibit of Japanese paintings

Masterworks of Japanese painting on display for the Cherry Blossom Festival's centennial

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

President, provost, protestor messages on Harvard libraries

The administration says reorganizations, and staff reductions, will support better user experiences and a stronger system.

Harvard library restructuring presages smaller workforce

Library leaders tell staff that restructuring will require smaller workforce.

Brontë juvenilia in Houghton Library at Harvard

Miniature manuscript books by Charlotte Brontë

by Christopher Reed

Troubadour style dagger from France in Harvard Art Museums described

Is this a dagger which I see before me…? Not primarily.

by Christopher Reed