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
In photographs by Wang Di and Xing Danwen, Beijing as "urban utopia"
Two Beijing photographers interpret China's breakneck change from Communist revolution to market-based consumerism.
Update on Fogg Art Museum renovation
Gutting the Fogg Art Museum on the way to renovating it
Farlow Library exhibit on deadly Amanita mushrooms and mycological illustration
The Farlow Library's new online exhibits highlight the death cap mushroom and mycological illustration.
William James symposium in Cambridge and New Hampshire
An unusual symposium at Harvard and at James's summer residence this August will remember the life of the psychologist-philosopher.
A titan arum, a rare odoriferous plant, blooms at Harvard
A titan arum waxes and wanes.
Rare Titan Arum "Carrion Flower" Set To Bloom in a Harvard Greenhouse
An exotic Indonesian plant may well bloom into a flower more than six feet tall in the next few days.
Brief biography of Native American basket-maker Clara Darden
Brief life of an overlooked artist: c. 1829-1910. With images of Darden's masterpieces of river-cane basketry.
by Ivan Gaskell
American business embraces photography in the 1930s
Corporate culture embraces photography.
Updike papers at Houghton Library
Taking a look at the Houghton Library holdings
When print advertising shifted from black and white to color
As consumer products grew more colorful, so did the ads. View an image gallery.