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.

Javier Ortega-Hernández wearing a straw hat and blue scarf stands in a vast, arid landscape.

Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández

A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago

by Olivia Farrar

A violinist in a green shirt plays on stage, smiling, with microphones and stage lighting in the background.

Works by Archaic Greek Poets Set to Music

Millennia-old Greek lyrics ring out again in twenty-first-century pop music.

by Craig Lambert

A person with long brown hair wears a sleeveless green dress with a kiwi fruit pattern, sitting in a vintage-style café.

Leslie Jamison on Isolation, Empathy, and Selfhood

The essayist on isolation, empathy, and selfhood

by Nina Pasquini

Wooden pillars with curved metal hooks arranged in an outdoor installation.

Harvard Sculptor Justin Peyser on Finding Sanctuary

Probing the concepts of territory and sanctuary.

by Lydialyle Gibson

North wall of the Faculty Room

Harvard's Faculty Room Is Remodeled

Reimagining an iconic space to reflect the Harvard community more comprehensively

by John S. Rosenberg

Munch painting. "Two Human Beings (The Lonely Ones)"

Gift of Munch Artworks

Transformative bequest left to the Harvard Art Museums

by Jonathan Shaw

Jacob Roberts with other colleagues filming with equipment

Five Questions with "Rent Free" Star Jacob Roberts

The actor and filmmaker on creativity, collaboration, and celebrity canines

by Nina Pasquini

Assorted vintage printing samples, including an Ames Plow Tavern advertisement and Walpole Society notice.

Museum of Printing Massachusetts

A unique museum in Haverhill, Massachusetts, offers a history of graphic arts.

by Nell Porter-Brown

"20-24" by Janiva Ellis, a dark, abstract painting featuring distorted human figures with vivid red and muted tones.

Artist Janiva Ellis at the Harvard Carpenter Center

Newly finished paintings unveiled 

A hairdresser meticulously braiding a client's hair in a vibrant salon, using a candle to seal the ends.

Harvard Film Archive West African Women in Films

The Harvard Film Archive features works by director Rosine Mbakam

Elisabeth Remy Johnson playing a harp on stage, wearing a blue dress, with stage lights softly glowing in the background.

Harvard Harpist Creates Album of Women's Compositions

Harpist Elisabeth Remy Johnson’s extended reach

by Lydialyle Gibson