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 dynamic dance performance featuring multiple performers engaging with props on stage.

‘Passengers’ at A.R.T. Blends Acrobatics with Einstein’s Relativity

Review: Quantum mechanics meets circus arts at the American Repertory Theater’s performance

by Olivia Farrar

Elizabeth Banks looks at the camera as she rides in a convertible with two members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year

Elizabeth Banks and Ben Platt received this year’s honors.

by Kristina DeMichele

German author Karl May dressed as his Old West hero, Old Shatterhand

Karl May, best-selling German novelist

Brief life of a myth-making writer: 1842-1912

by Eugene Stelzig

Photograph of the two actors on stage

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu, profiled

Playwright Antoinette Nwandu confronts race, religion, and her personal history.

by Olivia Schwob

Photograph of Matthew Berlin

Jazz and blues bassist Matthew Berlin

Avocational bassist Matthew Berlin

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

Correspondence on not-so-famous lost words

Side-by-side portraits of Joshuah Campbell and Gabe Fox-Peck

“Write Your Own Songs”

An Oscar-nominated collaboration

by Olivia Munk

Ben Zauzmer

And the Academy Award Goes to…Math

Ben Zauzmer '15 tackles Oscars predictions, with math. 

by Jacob Sweet

Dancers on stage

The Kuperman brothers on the move

The brothers Kuperman—choreographers, directors, and storytellers

by Lydialyle Gibson

A procession of women heading toward a lake

Performance artist and activist Lena Chen

Lena Chen transforms trauma into art and performance.

by Mathilde Montpetit

Provincetown harbor in the winter

Winter in Provincetown

Just enough art, culture, terrific food, and lively conversation....

by Nell Porter-Brown