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.

A drawing of a young boy reading by lamplight.

What of the Humble Pencil?

Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage

by Olivia Farrar

Two women seated looking into the film camera, from Japanese film Tokyo Story

Films by a Japanese Master

The Harvard Film Archive’s “Complete Ozu Yasujirō”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Boardwalk by Taunton River and Braga Bridge overhead

Fall River: Phoenix Rising?

“A good place to be pleasantly surprised”

by Nell Porter-Brown

portrait of young girl surrounded by ornate gold-painted frame

Reframing American Art

Contextualized Spanish colonial works at the Harvard Art Museums

by Nell Porter-Brown

Realistic diorama of an old growth forest

The Harvard Forest Dioramas

Scenes of an ever-changing forest, in miniature

by Nancy Walecki

An older couple standing in a large room filled with pianos

Attuned to Pianos

An instrument restorer’s beautiful obsession

by Lydialyle Gibson

Art depicting Vegas showgirl kissing businessman

American Stories, in Wood

Marquetry artist Alison Elizabeth Taylor at the Addison Gallery of American Art

by Nell Porter-Brown

Digital reconstruction of two medieval tiles

Medieval Disinformation?

A Worcester exhibit links politics and visual culture.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Fernando Zóbel-Montojo

Brief life of an abstract painter: 1924-1984

by Felipe Pereda

Three men juggle while roller-skating

The Forgotten Jugglers

Vaudeville's mysterious Ader Brothers

by Nancy Walecki

Repeated images of a ballet dancer warming up amid a teal background

Bodies in Motion

Inspiring new exhibit at the deCordova Museum and Sculpture Park

by Nell Porter-Brown