Arts & Culture

Though he may be the favorite artist of oligarchs, Jeff Koons sees his art as democratic experience for viewers and a vehicle for his own transcendence and self-actualization.

A new exhibition at the Harvard Art Museums offers up a diverse sampling of the museums’ rich collection of drawings, while highlighting the creativity of Harvard’s classrooms.

Historian Jane Kamensky’s new book explores the life and times of painter John Singleton Copley.

Harvard Choruses will join a performance of Grammy-winning composer Craig Hella Johnson’s “Considering Matthew Shepard” Feb. 5 at Symphony Hall.

Novelist Tom Perrotta, who headlines Harvard’s LITFest on Feb. 4, talks with a television co-writer and a Harvard instructor about the craft.

A Wintersession course studied compassion and suffering through the lenses of dance, music, and science.

An exhibit by Cuban mixed-media artist Juan Roberto Diago at the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery folds history into imagery.

The Harvard Museum of Natural History is taking on names — both common and scientific — together with companion institutions in a series of new installations that introduce the public to the color and complexity of appellations.

Makeda Best has been named the new Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at Harvard Art Museums.

“Trans Scripts, Part I: The Women,” now at the A.R.T., is drawn from more than 75 interviews conducted by writer-producer Paul Lucas.

The composer for “La La Land” met his Hollywood collaborator, Damien Chazelle, and charted his musical path while at Harvard.

New research by Derek Miller, an assistant professor of English, highlights the starring role of “decidedly average” in the history of art.

Molly Antopol, a Radcliffe Fellow and author of “The UnAmericans,” talks about the creative process behind her fiction.

Harvard’s creative writing program is growing in creativity and size.

Lighting designer Jen Schriever talks about her vision for the A.R.T.’s adaptation of the Sarah Waters novel “Fingersmith.”

Professor Alex Rehding talks about his research for a book on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.

Native American potters offer hands-on insights into centuries-year-old artistry.

The Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society premiered Paul Moravec’s composition at a holiday concert.

Harvard philosopher Tommie Shelby talks about his new book, “Dark Ghettos: Injustice, Dissent, and Reform.”

When someone makes a racially charged comment or joke, how would you respond? Research led by Harvard sociologist Michèle Lamont says your answer may very well depend on the group to which you belong.

New Dumbarton Oaks humanities fellowship mixes study and career preparation.

A sample of Vantablack, as dark as dark can get according to its maker, is now part of the pigments collection at Harvard Art Museums.

A profile of College student and pop-rocker Brynn Elliott, whose scholarship in philosophy informs her songwriting.

For College student Jasper Johnston ’20, discovering Harvard is a shared experience through Instagram.

“Calm. Smoke rises vertically” at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s Johnson-Kulukundis Family Gallery is designed for the blind and hearing-impaired, but gives the sighted a unique experience as well.

In winning Phi Beta Kappa’s 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award for “The Murder of William of Norwich,” E.M. Rose, a visiting scholar at Harvard, found recognition by illuminating the real history behind an imaginary event.

New Carpenter Center exhibition examines the challenge of historicizing Chilean art created during the repressive Pinochet regime.

A new library exhibit will explore the 350-year-old relationship between the U.S. military and Harvard University.

College seniors opt to have fun, be themselves, and leave comfort zones through their participation in the Expressions Dance Company.

The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments’ Special Exhibition Gallery takes visitors back to the golden age of radio.