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.

The Woman Who Rode Horses Into the Water

Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard Portraitist Nina Skov Jensen Paints Celebrities and Princesses

Nina Skov Jensen ’25, portraitist for collectors and the princess of Denmark. 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Civil War American Writer and Abolitionist John Greenleaf Whittier

Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

LaToya M. Hobbs Exhibit "Carving Out Time" Debuts at Harvard Art Museums

A monumental exhibit of woodblock prints from the Harvard Art Museums

by Nina Pasquini

Pablo Picasso Exhibit Opens at Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums exhibit on depictions of combat and revolution

by Nina Pasquini

Vacationing with a Purpose

New England “summer camps” for adults

by Nell Porter-Brown

Capturing the American South

Photographs at the Addison Gallery of American Art 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Mysterious Minis

Intricate mosaics shrouded in mystery

by Max J. Krupnick

At 75, Murray Dewart Reflects on His Career as a Sculptor

Thinking about what it means to be an artist through the years

by Isabel Mehta

Making Space

The natural history of Junko Yamamoto’s art and architecture

by Nina Pasquini

Curiosities: Bats, In Fact

Peabody Essex Museum dispels negative myths around these nocturnal creatures 

by Nell Porter-Brown