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.
Excerpt from Suzanne Preston Blier, “Picasso’s ‘Demoiselles’”
A Harvard scholar presents the “untold origins of a modern masterpiece.”
Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize
Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America is the choice in general nonfiction.
by Jacob Sweet
Graphic novelist Amy Chu
Graphic novelist Amy Chu
Min Jin Lee on Her New Novel and Writing about the Korean Diaspora
“I worry a great deal about how Koreans are perceived,” the author says.
“Binstead’s Safari” and the continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls
The continuing appeal of novelist Rachel Ingalls
by Olivia Munk
Excerpt from “When Your Child Is Sick,” by Joanna Breyer
Navigating the challenges of caring for a child who is very ill
Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords
Paolo Pasco and the art of making crosswords
by Oset Babür
Excerpt from “How Art Works: A Psychological Exploration”
Unpacking “what art does to us”
Mark Dery on Edward Gorey, reviewed by Spencer Lee Lenfield
An idiosyncratic new biography of Edward Gorey
Recent books with Harvard connections
Recent books with Harvard connections