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.

Is the Constitution Broken?

Harvard legal scholars debate the state of our founding national document.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Ernst Mayr Library shows zoological artwork by Agassiz student James Henry Blake

Zoological artwork by Agassiz student James Henry Blake is on display at the MCZ.

A new Nieman Foundation e-book explores the history of Harvard Yard’s 25 gates

A new e-book explores the history of Harvard Yard’s 25 gates.

Arthur Rosenthal, longtime Harvard University Press Director, Has Died

His focus on publishing scholarly titles with broader, mass-market appeal helped put HUP back in the black.

Art, lectures, cultural and campus events at Harvard

Harvard arts and cultural events

Thoughts on critical reading from Reuben Brower’s “The Fields of Light”

An excerpt from Reuben Brower’s The Fields of Light: An Experiment in Critical Reading

Ilona Bell's Yard of Allusions

Ilona Bell's Yard of Allusions

Woodworker David Esterly explains the carver's art

David Esterly explains the carver's art

“A Theory of Justice: The Musical!” and Harvard’s Class of 1944

A Theory of Justice as musical comedy, and the class of ’44