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We are all saddened by the loss of our dear friend LeRoy Neiman. Here are my remarks from Commencement in May of 2010 when we named him Honorary Professor of the Arts.
—Carol Becker, Dean of the School of the Arts
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Art21, the non-profit producer of the Peabody Award-winning series Art in the Twenty-First Century, announced the addition of eight new featured artists in New York Close Up, the Webby Award-nominated online documentary series devoted to showcasing artists in the first decade of their professional career, while living and working in New York City.
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Afro Punk Pictures presents The Triptych, a short documentary film series that highlights the work of Faculty Sanford Biggers, along with fellow artists Wangechi Mutu, and Barron Claiborne. Live music and Q&A with the artists will follow the screening. The screening will be held at Brooklyn Museum, Thursday, May 24, 2012 at 7 p.m.
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Two members of the Visual Arts faculty at Columbia University School of the Arts—Kara Walker and Kiki Smith—have been named 2012 Fellows by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Smith and Walker are among the 220 artists, scholars, scientists and writers elected to the 2012 Class by the prestigious honor society.
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Several Columbia School of the Arts Visual Arts Program faculty, students and alumni will show at the 2012 Frieze Art Fair in New York.
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The American Academy of Arts and Letters accounced Visual Arts Faculty Kara Walker as a newly elected member for 2012. Members of the Academy are chosen for life and have included leading figures in American arts, literature and music. They are organized into committees that award annual prizes to help up-and-coming artists.
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Columbia University School of the Arts is proud to announce that alumnus Gilad Ratman (’09) has been chosen to represent Israel at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Ratman, who lives and works in New York and Tel Aviv, is the youngest of the artists selected to represent Israel at this prestigious exhibition.
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Sarah Sze, Professor of Visual Arts at Columbia University School of the Arts, has been chosen to represent the United States at La Biennale di Venezia in 2013. Her work will be presented by Holly Block and the Bronx Museum of the Arts in the 55th International Art Exhibition.
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Visual Arts Alumna Iman Issa ('07 SOA) Exhibits at New Museum 2012 Triennial
Iman Issa is one of the featured thirty-four artists, artist groups, and temporary collectives exhibiting at The 2012 New Museum Triennial. Totaling over fifty participants, these artists have been born between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s, many of whom have never before exhibited in the US.
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Visual Arts alumni are featured at the Queens Museum of Arts biennial titled, Queens International 2012 : Three Points Make a Triangle
Jesse A. Greenberg ('11 SOA) Eric Palgon ('09 SOA) and William Santen ('11 SOA) exhibit work at this international showcase of artists living or working in the borough of Queens.
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