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 man sitting at a wooden table in a formal setting with portraits on the wall.

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

by Laurel M. Shugart

Talking with Maureen McLane, author of "This Blue"

The poet and critic talks about her teaching, her writing, and her newest book, This Blue, a finalist for the National Book Award.

by Sophia Nguyen

Members of the Harvard community and area residents celebrated the official opening of the Harvard Art Museums on November 16.

The renovated Harvard Art Museums open

The renovated Harvard Art Museums open

Professor Ali Malkawi, the founding director of the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities, welcomes participants to the challenge conference.

Center for Green Buildings and Cities hosts challenge conference at Harvard

Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities hosts inaugural challenge conference.

The renovated and expanded Harvard Art Museums have entrances on both Quincy and Prescott Streets. The staff of the Museums hopes that casual passersby will filter through the building and gather in its central courtyard.

A preview of the Harvard Art Museums

Welcoming the University community through a series of special talks and celebrations, the Harvard Art Museums re-introduce themselves.

This model city by Bodys Isek Kingelez anchors <i>Luminós/C/ity.Ordinary Joy: From the Pigozzi Contemporary African Art Collection</i>.

African artists showcased in new Cooper Gallery at Harvard's Hutchins Center

At the Hutchins Center, a new gallery opens with an exhibit exploring life in African cities.

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Additional photographs of the Harvard Art Museums' galleries

Additional images of the Harvard Art Museums galleries

Martin Puchner

Harvard to develop undergraduate concentration in theater, dance, and media

Harvard College plans a theater, dance, and media concentration.

This gallery's collection conveys the breadth of nineteenth-century collectors’ international interests, by grouping together works by Sargent, Munch, and Degas, among others.

Discussing the role of the university museum before a November launch

Panelists bring their perspective to the long-awaited reopening of the Harvard Art Museums.

Photographs of abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe and her son Samuel, who died at 18 months

Schlesinger Library's new exhibit showcases the Civil War's personal histories

A Schlesinger Library exhibit reveals the domestic side of the war.

The endless pain of the Middle East: woman and dead child near Aleppo, Syria (undated)

Recent books with Harvard connections

Recent Books with Harvard connections