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.
Harvard President Alan Garber Helps First-Years Move In
As a potential settlement with the Trump administration looms, Garber gets students settled.
Natalie Portman ’03 Speaks at Harvard College Class Day 2015
At Harvard College Class Day, the actress urges class members to forge their own paths.
by Laura Levis
Robert Darnton, at Retirement, reflects on the State of Harvard libraries
Robert Darnton, retiring University Librarian, assesses the collections in a digital era.
Craig Lambert on shadow work
A Harvard Magazine alumnus on the new world of “middle-class serfdom”
Rick Lowe of Project Row Houses at Harvard Design School Class Day 2015
The founder of Houston’s Project Row Houses is a pioneer in social-practice art.
Edouard Kopp named curator of drawings at Harvard Art Museums
Will oversee the Art Museums’ pre-twentieth-century drawings.
Harvard Art Museums installs “Triangle Constellation” by Carlos Amorales
A new sculpture, calibrated to help the Harvard Art Museums achieve balance
Chapter and Verse
Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words
Harvard professor critiques book on youth, maturity
A philosopher’s take on individuals and maturity, in a world of institutions
J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and their circle, by Philip Zaleski & Carol Zaleski
The literary flowering of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, et al.
Jazz artist Kavita Shah's border-crossing compositions
Kavita Shah makes music in many idioms.