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.

A theatrical reenactment explores a 1976 clash between science and democracy.

by Laurel M. Shugart

Photographer Tim Carlson focuses on athletes in nature

Photographer Tim Carlson focuses on athletes in nature.

by Steve Potter

Poet Tracy K. Smith's prose memoir, “Ordinary Light”

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Tracy K. Smith ’94 crafts a memoir.

Sarah Manguso's Ongoingness asks, why write?

Dissecting her diary, a writer weaponizes solipsism.

by Sophia Nguyen

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent books with Harvard connections

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Harvard music professors create dynamic music theory diagrams

Two scholars—in jazz, and in German music—team up on a tool that makes musical structure visible.

by Sophia Nguyen

Brief life of Lafayette, by Laura Auricchio

Brief life of an American champion: 1757-1834

by Laura Auricchio

Public Interest Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design

A public interest movement redefines architecture.

by Stephanie Garlock

“Love Story” locale, and other passionate pursuits

Love Story locale, and other passionate pursuits

Harvard's Winthrop House renovation to include five-story addition to Gore Hall

Renovation will include a five-story addition to Gore Hall.

by Jonathan Shaw