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.
Five Questions with Javier Ortega-Hernández
A professor of evolutionary biology on what shaped life more than 500 million years ago
Harvardians awarded National Humanities Medals and National Book nominations
Last week, three Harvard affiliates were awarded the National Humanities Medal and eight were long-listed for the National Book Awards.
An insider's look at "The Harvard Advocate" at its sesquicentennial
The Harvard Advocate turns 150.
Radcliffe alumna Judith Brodsky, on printmaking and risk-taking
From the beginning, artist and advocate Judith Brodsky felt “pulls in different directions.”
by Violet Baron
Spy novelist Joseph Finder, on the guilt and gumption that drive his writing
Joseph Finder makes technology the texture of his new thriller, Guilty Minds.
by Bailey Trela
Bowen and McPherson, “Lesson Plan,” reviewed by Clayton Spencer
A focused briefing on degree-attainment, democracy, and economic opportunity
Pranks in Pusey Library
A retrospective on the Lampoon’s 140 years of mischief
Pianist Aristo Sham ’19 on the world stage
Aristo Sham ’19 takes first place at the New York International Piano Competition.
"The Seventh Fire," by Harvard alum Jack Riccobono, tracks two Ojibwe gang membe
The Seventh Fire, executive produced by Terrence Malick ’65 and Natalie Portman ’03, sheds light on gang life among Native Americans.
Babar Comes to Houghton Library
Houghton hosts an exhibit of the green suit-wearing French elephant through August 31.
Justin Cronin ’84’s “The City of Mirrors”
Thanks to Harvard, according to a new fantasy epic by Justin Cronin ’84