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

by Olivia Farrar

The Poetry of John Milton

The poetry of John Milton

Artist Sarah Hulsey explores the hidden beauty in texts and maps

A printmaker plays with the systems and structures of language.

by Samantha Maldonado

Benjamin Scheuer tells his life story through song in "The Lion"

In his poignant one-man musical, Benjamin Scheuer finds his roar.

by Laura Levis

Josep Lluís Sert's International Style icon is updated

Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon gets a half-century exterior toning and face lift.

Stan Munro's toothpick designs are on display at the Fuller Craft Museum

Stan Munro’s toothpick designs are on display at the Fuller Craft Museum.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center

Lorraine O'Grady: Where Margins Become Centers at the Carpenter Center

by Nell Porter-Brown

The Puppet Showplace Theater keeps an ancient art form alive.

Contemporary takes on puppetry in Brookline, Massachusetts

by Nell Porter-Brown

Daniel Aaron is profiled by Christoph Irmscher

Now in his second century, the uncommon Daniel Aaron remains at work.

by Christoph Irmscher