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 New Online Orientation Emphasizes Intellectual Paths
A summer course for first-years focuses on academic success, diverse viewpoints.
John Ruskin, Victorian Radical and Art Historian
A Houghton exhibition explores the thinker’s influences and impact.
Tracy K. Smith Named Harvard Arts Medalist
The U.S. poet laureate will be honored on May 2.
Manuscripts Illuminated…by Women
Tracing lapis lazuli provides evidence that women were directly involved in creating medieval illuminated manuscripts.
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Playwright Bess Wohl: a profile
Bess Wohl writes plays from an actor’s perspective.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
Cellist Laurence Lesser is profiled
A cellist and conservatory teacher who has never stopped learning
Joanna Southcott and “The Songs of Argus Zion”
…and a possible clue in the stacks
Bed furnishings in early America
A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.
Pre-Columbian quipu exhibit at the MFA
“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA