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.
Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Toasts, Roasts Michael Keaton
The Batman actor was “encouraged as hell” by the students around him during the 2026 Man of the Year festivities.
Ilona Bell cultivates a literary garden in the Berkshires
A Berkshire yard that recalls poetry, fiction, and drama
David Esterly, master woodcarver, works in limewood, like Grinling Gibbons
No one has carved wood like David Esterly since... well, about 1700.
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new reports
How to reinvigorate the humanities at Harvard is the subject of new faculty reports
Actor Jane Alexander accepts 2013 Radcliffe Day Medal
The actor and NEA leader accepts the Radcliffe Medal.
Artists at Radcliffe discuss their work and relation to audiences
Four artists talked about their work and their relationship to audiences at the opening event of Radcliffe Day.
Richard Saul Wurman TED talks founder speaks at Design School Class Day 2013
The TED talks founder spoke at the Design School's Class Day
August Kleinzahler poet, Linda Greenhouse orator, at 2013 Harvard Phi Beta Kappa
August Kleinzahler and Linda Greenhouse to speak at Commencement-week PBK Literary Exercises
Sarah Thomas from Oxford University named first Harvard Library vice president
Sarah Thomas of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries named to new post.
Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta reinvented as a pool party at Harvard ART
The ART presents Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance in a party-like atmosphere.
Harvard learning and teaching innovations
Highlights from the second University-wide Harvard Initiative on Learning and Teaching conference