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.
What of the Humble Pencil?
Review: At the Harvard Art Museums’ new exhibit, drawing takes center stage
An intellectual history of the Cold War era
In a new book, Louis Menand probes the cultural currents of postwar America.
An innovative gate for Harvard Yard
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
Photographer Morgan Smith's Images and Encounters at the Mexican Border
Photographer Morgan Smith ’60 documents life on the precarious precipice between Mexico and the United States.
Harvard Portrait: Cassandra Albinson
A curator takes a fresh look at portraits of aristocratic European women.
Peabody Essex Museum fashion exhibit
Highlighting 250 years of women in fashion
Robert Frank at the Addison Gallery, Andover, Massachusetts
“Robert Frank: The Americans,” at the Addison Gallery of American Art
Up Close (Virtually) with the Forbes Pigment Collection
Harvard’s world-famous collection of colors can now be enjoyed from home.
An Edo-era dazzler from Harvard Art Museums exhibit
This folding fan enfolds two sacred mountains.
Photographer Mark Erickson’s street scenes of 1990s Vietnam
Photographer Mark Erickson on the Vietnam he never knew
by Dan Kelly
Museum of Fine Arts winter exhibits
Winter exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts