Arts & Humanities

This page features Columbia faculty and research related to the arts and humanities, and highlights cultural events happening at Columbia's four campuses. 

A collage of arts and humanities images

Louise Nevelson’s Sculpture, Reconsidered

In Julia Bryan-Wilson’s book, the sculptor’s work is put in dialogue with marginalized makers and artists.

Columbia University alum Brad Meltzer on Late Night with Seth Myers. (Lloyd Bishop / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Brad Meltzer on Late Night with Seth Myers. (Lloyd Bishop / NBC / NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
Brad Meltzer, Bestselling Author, Shares His Secret to Mega-Success

The writer, television host, presidential confidant, and philanthropist says he owes it all to the power of stories.

Columbia University alum Hanako Maeda (courtesy of Adeam)
Hanako Maeda (courtesy of Adeam)
With Adeam, Japanese Style Meets American High Fashion

The luxury clothing brand, founded and designed by Hanako Maeda (’10 CC), has a distinctive, east-meets-west aesthetic.

Blue Dream House; photo by Iwan Baan.
Blue Dream House; photo by Iwan Baan.
11 Remarkable Buildings from Columbia Architects

From churches to concert halls to convention centers, alumni have brought to life arresting structures around the world. 

 

Exhibitions

Tharros exhibition, Italian Academy, Columbia University
Archaeological site, Tharros, western Sardinia, Italian Academy exhibition.
The Ancient City of Tharros: Rich Tombs and Extensive Ruins from Punic and Roman Times

This Italian Academy photography exhibition reveals the riches of the archaeological site of Tharros in western Sardinia, with images of buildings and roads from the Bronze Age, ancient Roman times, and the Christian era.

Alphabet Diet Project by Irina Danilova, Harriman Institute, Columbia University.
Alphabet Diet Project by Irina Danilova, Harriman Institute, Columbia University.
The Alphabet Diet Project by Irina Danilova

This exhibition at the Harriman Institute focuses on Danilova's Project 59, when she discovered that the Russian alphabet (33 letters) and English alphabet (26 letters) together comprised 59 letters.

 

Gauri Gill, Indian grocery store in Queens, New York 2004 from The Americans, 2000-2007. Archival pigment print, 27 x 40 in.
Gauri Gill, Indian grocery store in Queens, New York, 2004, from "The Americans, 2000-2007." Archival pigment print.
Looking for Ourselves: Gauri Gill’s "The Americans, 2000–2007"

An exhibition at the Wallach Gallery featuring the work of New Delhi-based photographer Gauri Gill, in which she seeks to understand South Asian immigrants’ search for their own American identity.

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