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.
Power is Knowledge
Who gets to make universal art?
by Yasmeen Khan
At Harvard, "Inventur" delves into a forgotten period of German art
Taking stock of an overlooked cohort of artists: those who, during World War II, stayed in Germany—and survived
"Enlightenment Now," by Steven Pinker, reviewed by Ada Palmer
Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now defends science from modern-day foes.
by Ada Palmer
A trip to New Britain, Connecticut
New Britain’s “Little Poland” and museum of American art
Profile of photography curator Makeda Best
Focusing on the Harvard Art Museums’ new photography curator
Time in space: profile of artist Renée Green
Renée Green’s exhibition “Within Living Memory” closes her Harvard residency.
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections
“Gorey’s World” at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Edward Gorey’s own art collection at the Wadsworth Atheneum
Frederick Wiseman gives Harvard's first Norton Lecture on Cinema
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman is the first filmmaker to deliver a Norton Lecture.
Benjamin Franklin’s Retirement and Reinvention
Two hundred and seventy years ago, Benjamin Franklin did something highly unusual. He retired.
Critic and poet Fred Moten, profiled by Jesse McCarthy
Fred Moten’s subversive black-studies scholarship