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.

Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Honors Rose Byrne

The Bridesmaids actress celebrated her 2026 Woman of the Year Award with a roast and a parade.

by Schuyler Velasco , Kate Kaufman

Filmmaker William Kentridge's vision for art that resists rationality and limits

William Kentridge’s vision for art that resists rationality and limits

Meet the Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD) percussion ensemble

Inside the world of The Harvard Undergraduate Drummers (THUD)

by Katherine Xue

Jill Johnson brings transdisciplinary dance to Harvard with 2012 spring show

Original works highlight new dance director’s focus on innovation

Filmmaker William Kentridge explains how the Enlightenment led to colonialism

Filmmaker William Kentridge explains in his second Norton Lecture.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield

Losing Control, by Valerie Weiss, Ph.D. ’01, takes place at Harvard

A new film by Valerie Weiss, Ph.D. ’01, set at Harvard

Lady Gaga launches the Born This Way Foundation at Harvard

A star-studded panel celebrates the launch of the Born This Way Foundation.

Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory version of Ibsen play to become a Demme film

Their version of Ibsen's The Master Builder will become a film.

Al Franken, satirist and statesman, profiled

The satirist and comedian Al Franken has a new role: statesman.

by Jesse Kornbluth

Tommy Lee Jones named Harvard Arts Medalist

The actor, Class of 1969, will receive his award in April.