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.
The Artist Edward Gorey—and Pets—at Harvard
Winter exhibits at Houghton Library
A Surfing Author’s Children’s Book
In the swim with Bonnie Tsui
al-Hariri, a master storyteller
Brief life of a master storyteller
Arabic translator Marilyn Booth
Marilyn Booth translates Arabic literature for Anglophone readers.
Novelist Maggie Shipstead and “Great Circle”
Maggie Shipstead’s time-spanning, globe-circling new novel
by Dan Kelly
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
An innovative gate for Harvard Yard
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
A monumental book reveals a monumental work of art
Nicholas Callaway publishes the Sistine Chapel in closeup.
“Lone Stars”—an HLS grad’s semi-autobiographical debut novel
Fiction about “the power that comes to us when we uncloset ourselves”
Profile of Radhika Jones
Radhika Jones at the helm of Vanity Fair
Robert Frank at the Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts
“Robert Frank: The Americans,” at the Addison Gallery of American Art