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.
Ken Burns visits Harvard to discuss his new PBS documentary "The Dust Bowl"
Ken Burns shares clips from his chronicle of one of the worst man-made ecological disasters in American history.
Harvard redesigns the Science Center Plaza for the common space initiative
A redesigned Science Center plaza will serve a new social function for the Cambridge campus.
Rotterdam art theft prompts response from security expert Anthony Amore
Anthony Amore, M.P.A. ’00, comments on a Rotterdam museum’s loss.
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
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
The wealth and fall of David and Jackie Siegel: a documentary
A documentary film turns a lens on the “1 percenters.”
by Laura Levis
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.
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