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 Peter R. Girguis

A Harvard professor of evolutionary biology on what lurks in the deep sea  

by Olivia Farrar

Faded Rothko murals renewed with corrective light

“Restored” by technology, Harvard Murals anchor inaugural exhibition.

by Francesca Annic...

Harvard's Collegium Musicum and Joyful Noise celebrate music as therapy

Harvard’s Collegium Musicum celebrates the power of music as therapy.

by Jessica Salley

Jamaica Kincaid and Margaret Atwood bookend Harvard's first literary festival

Jamaica Kincaid and Margaret Atwood bookend a three-day exploration of literary life.

At Harvard, economist Jacques Attali discusses music and political economy

French economist Jacques Attali discusses music as a metaphor for civil society.

Donald Revell and Andrea Barrett to speak at Harvard's PBK Literary Exercises

Donald Revell and Andrea Barrett to speak at PBK Literary Exercises

Steven Spielberg speaks at Harvard’s Hauser Forum for the Arts

The filmmaker discusses his influences and inspirations.

Havard alumna Megan Marshall ’77 wins Pulitzer Prize for Biography

Damrosch, O’Brien, and Adams named finalists.

Harvard Art Museums opening

After a multiyear renovation, Harvard Art Museums make ready for a November reopening.

Harvard’s Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray

Houghton Library celebrates William Makepeace Thackeray.

by Christopher Reed