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.

England’s First Sports Megastar

A collection of illustrations capture a boxer’s triumphant moment. 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Inuit art at Harvard's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

For centuries, a simple technology permitted people to survive the Arctic.

by Christopher Reed

Harvardians promote diversity through art and football

Steven Coit's portraits diversify Harvard's walls, and the 1947 football team defies racism.

Harvard Library digital exhibition on the magic of reading

A sampler from the Harvard University Library's online collection Reading: Harvard Views of Readers, Readership, and Reading History.

by Christopher Reed

William James centennial conference and exhibition

A conference and an exhibition at Houghton Library showcase the legacy of the pioneering psychologist and philosopher.

Harvard renovates building to create new labs for stem-cell research

Harvard renews an older building to create new labs in Cambridge for stem-cell research.

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.

by John S. Rosenberg

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.

by Christopher Reed

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.