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.

What of the Humble Pencil?

Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage

by Olivia Farrar

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

Sackler exhibition reveals artistic discovery in Renaissance Europe

An exhibition at the Sackler reveals the connections among Renaissance art, invention, and the evolution of science.

by Jennifer Carling , Jonathan Shaw

Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials

Photographs of early modern printed-paper sundials

Jan Sadeler’s engravings of The Seven Liberal Arts

Jan Sadeler’s engravings of The Seven Liberal Arts

Inventions in Early Modern Europe

Images from Stradanus’s "Nova reperta," a series of engravings representing technological innovations of the modern age from the perspective of a practicing artist