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.

Former Homeland Security Chief Says ICE and CBP Have “Lost Their Way”

At Kennedy School talk, Jeh Johnson advocates restructuring “outdated” DHS.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Profile of installation artist Liz Glynn

In Liz Glynn’s massive installations, big questions about the meaning of value

by Samantha Culp

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.

by Lydialyle Gibson

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

by Nell Porter-Brown

Joanna Southcott and “The Songs of Argus Zion”

…and a possible clue in the stacks

by Diane E. Booton

Bed furnishings in early America

A Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum exhibit reveals how we once slept.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Pre-Columbian quipu exhibit at the MFA

“Cecilia Vicuña: Disappeared Quipu,” at the MFA

by Nell Porter-Brown

A winter’s trip to Portland, Maine

Enjoying Portland, Maine, in the “off-season”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Looking at the Cosmos through a Feminine Lens

Anna Von Mertens depicts the findings of female astronomers using quilts and drawings.

by Oset Babür