Arts & Humanities

Artist Sarah Sze on Working With Neuroscientists

The School of the Arts professor spent a year collaborating with scientists at the Zuckerman Institute.

Eighteen round colored images of microbes.

"Microbial Rainbow" (detail) by Tal Danino, 2018, made from images of bacteria that give new meaning to the phrase "still life."

The Beauty and Healing Power of Ordinary Bacteria

Biomedical engineer Tal Danino finds both art and new cancer-fighting therapies in Earth's most abundant life-forms.

A view looking up into the interior bricked dome of a church.

The ceiling tiles and windows of the 91-foot-tall vault of St. Paul's Chapel on campus sparkle after the building's recent restoration.

The Conversion of St. Paul’s

Scaffolding around one of Columbia’s most historic structures comes down—and all eyes look up.

Two gold Pulitzer award disks lying on a flat surface.

Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee said, “Be as explicit with instructions for delivering lines as possible.”

Pulitzer-Winning Playwrights on Going from the Page to the Stage

Here's what past Pulitzer-winning playwrights have said about collaboration, seeing their work performed and their relationships to audiences.

Exhibitions

A queen of spades playing card showing an image of a queen.

Karata Playing Card, Kenya: Colour Print Ltd, circa 1970-1985

Mirror of Humanity: Seeing Ourselves in Playing Cards

An exhibition at the Rare Book & Manuscript Library that focuses on playing cards made in Europe and the United States from the 16th to the 21st centuries. Now through January 31, 2020.

An abstract patter of blues, reds and oranges set against a black background.

Mourad Krinah, The Sunday Waltz 3 – Tribute to Paolo Uccello, 2019, Wallpaper installation, Courtesy of the artist.

Waiting for Omar Gatlato: Contemporary Art from Algeria and its Diaspora

Everyday Algerian life is seen through film, paintings, photography and sculpture in this Wallach Art Gallery exhibition. Now through March 15, 2020.

Woman in ballgowns are walking a runway at a fashion show surrounded by a large audience, all of this taking place in an ornate room with glass chandeliers.

A 1950s Giovanni Battista Giorgini fashion show at the Sala Bianca in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence, Italy.

Full of Enthusiasm: American Buyers and Italian Fashion in the 1950s

Entrepreneur Giovanni Battista Giorgini launched Italian fashion in the American market with runway shows at his Florentine villa in the 1950s. An exhibition of vintage photos at the Italian Academy traces this story. Now through January 31, 2020.