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 bronze sculpture of intertwined hands in a park, with a discussion panel in the foreground.

Is the Constitution Broken?

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

by Lydialyle Gibson

An enlarged version of the famous bronze bust of Roosevelt created by American sculptor Jo Davidson appears at the threshold of a square, white-granite, open-air plaza.

Four Freedoms Park dedicated in New York City to Franklin Delano Roosevelt

The New York City site is the first memorial to the president in his home state.

Helen Vendler on admitting and nurturing creative undergraduates

Helen Vendler on how to welcome and nurture the poets and painters of the future

<i>Portrait of a Hunter in a Landscape,</i> attributed to Louis Gauffier (1762-1801), is said to be a portrait of General Dumas.

Alex Dumas, inspiration for "The Count of Monte Cristo," by Tom Reiss

Brief life of the soldier who inspired The Count of Monte Cristo: 1762-1806

by Tom Reiss

David and Jackie Siegel relaxing at home in <i>The Queen of Versailles</i>

The wealth and fall of David and Jackie Siegel: a documentary

A documentary film turns a lens on the “1 percenters.”

by Laura Levis

Ike, in a photo likely taken in the late 1940s when he was Army Chief of Staff, playing bridge with General Alfred Gruenther and others

Evan Thomas's biography of President Eisenhower

In Evan Thomas's new biography, President Eisenhower emerges as a canny nuclear strategist.

Art installation by Peter Agoos at Boston's Fort Point Channel

Peter Agoos ’75 brightened Boston’s public art scene this summer.

On high: The Alden, 225 Central Park West, in Manhattan, from <i>Up on the Roof</i>

Recent books by John Updike, George Vaillant, Marjorie Garber, and others

Recent books by John Updike, Marjorie Garber, George Vaillant, Thomas McGraw, and others with Harvard connections

Presto Pesto No-Bake Lasagna

Vegan cookbooks for grill and with alcoholic ingredients

Plant-based pleasure with spirit and sizzle

by Betsy Block

Carousing Cucumber Rounds with Rummy Hummus

Vegan-friendly holiday party recipes from cookbook author John Schlimm

Vegan-friendly holiday party recipes from cookbook author John Schlimm

<i>Firebird, </i>1971: Morton Bradley's first successful sculpture

The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley

The geometric works of sculptor Morton C. Bradley