Arts & Humanities

An Exhibition Celebrates the Legacy of Jamestown

"20 and Odd: The 400-Year Anniversary of 1619" at the LeRoy Neiman Gallery commemorates the arrival of the first Africans in the American colonies.

Rauschenberg posing in front of one of his large works

Robert Rauschenberg and Untitled [Self Portrait with black painting], 1953

Robert Rauschenberg, By Those Who Knew Him Best

The Columbia Oral History Series’ first publication traces the life and times of one of the 20^th century’s greatest American artists.

A detail of a doodle by Tiziano Vecello from the Gozzi altarpiece.

The Art of Renaissance Scribbles

Art history professor Diane Bodart traces the history of scribbling to the Italian Renaissance.

Small soapstone and antler statue of a muskox

Muskox, 1990, soapstone and antler (H.13 x W. 22 3/4 x D. 7 1/2 in.) by Nuyaliaq (Inuit, 1937-2007), Art Properties, Avery Library, Gift of Robin Wagner, Barnard College ’80, and Jerome Grossman, Columbia College ’61 (2018.14.7).

Indigenous Art and Culture Find a Voice at Columbia

From conferences to exhibitions, Native American artists and their work can be found on campus.

Exhibitions

Group of two fish from the Illustrated Book of Fishes, Japan, Edo Period, circa 1762, ink and watercolor on paper, Art Properties, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Gift of Bashford Dean.

Animalia: Now through September 13

Celebrating the essence of animal life as depicted in sculpture, decorative arts and cultural heritage objects, all drawn from the Art Properties collection.

Neon sign states: Artists need to create on the same scale that society has the capacity to destroy. Below are a series of glass disks placed on a brick pavement.

Lauren Bon and the Metabolic Studio, Artists need to Create on the Same Scale that Society Has the Capacity to Destroy, 2019 Courtesy the artist.

School of the Arts Faculty Featured at the Venice Biennale

Sarah Sze, Kiki Smith, Rirkrit Tiravanija and Tomas Vu participate in an exhibition on scale, society and "the Capacity to Destroy."

A photo of a man named Jorge Macate in a bakery by Filipe Branquinho

Jorge Macate, Padeiro (Jorge Macate, Baker), 2011, by Filipe Branquinho

After the End: Timing Socialism in Contemporary African Art

Exploring aesthetic responses to socialism and its aftermath in countries such as Angola, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique. Now through October 13.