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
Ancestral Influences
View images of Phillip Charette's masks alongside masks from the Smithsonian Institution holdings that inspired him.
Second-Life Photography
A profile of cultural photographer Lee Smith
Fernando Zóbel de Ayala
A brief profile of the peripatetic painter and philanthropist
by John Seed
Up in the Air
Aerial photographer Alex MacLean documents the effects of the American lifestyle on the American landscape.
by Paul Gleason
From Daguerreotype to Photoshop
Art historian Robin Kelsey examines photographs of all kinds to reveal what they say about human history, society, and culture.
Advancing Art
Art historian and former museum curator Emily Rauh Pulitzer gives the Harvard Art Museum 31 important works of modern and contemporary art and $45 million, enhancing a tradition she shared with her late husband, Joseph Pulitzer Jr
Degas, Renoir, and More on Display at Dumbarton Oaks
A collection of modern French paintings is being exhibited for the first time at this Harvard-owned museum in Washington, D.C.
Photos in Thread
Fabric artist Linda Liu Behar stitches embroideries atop her own photographs.
Young Audubon
Jean-Jacques Audubon did not become the internationally celebrated John James Audubon of The Birds of America overnight...
Underground Party
Commuters making their way through the underground corridors of the sprawling Times Square subway station in Manhattan now have some...