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The power of ancestral lineage—the beauty and awe of drawing connections with a wide span of geographies—animates the works of Cuban-born artist and 2023 MacArthur Fellow María Magdalena Campos-Pons, who discussed her four decades of artwork on November 16, 2023 during a dynamic lecture held at Columbia University School of the Arts’s Lenfest Center for the Arts.
Throughout the month of December and until January 20, 2024, two bronze sculptures and several oil paintings by Visual Arts alumnus Linus Borgo ’22 are on view in a solo exhibition at the esteemed Yossi Milo gallery in Chelsea.
Nude painting flourished among Arab artists in the 20th century during a period of cultural renaissance. Now these rarely seen works are on view at the Wallach Art Gallery.
Art Basel Miami Beach, one of the most prestigious art shows in the world, is hosting a notable group of alumni from Columbia University School of the Arts this year.
The deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts has commissioned Visual Arts alumnus Hugh Hayden ’18 to create Huff and a Puff, an outdoor sculpture installation which will be on view until November 1, 2033.
For Visual Arts alumna Daria Irincheeva '18, whose solo show at big screen in Brooklyn has been extended until December 3, 2023, memory serves as both catalyst and subject.
Until November 26, 2023, the walls of Wave Hill Gardens’ Glyndor Gallery are bursting with color. The gallery is exhibiting paintings by two Visual Arts alumni, Heidi Howard ’14 and Esteban Cabeza de Baca ’14 in a show entitled, Light from Water.
In Stagecraft, a survey of photographic works by Visual Arts alumna Vesna Pavlović ’07 on view at the Harriman Institute until December 15, 2023, one encounters a time capsule of emotion.
The Bric House Gallery, a cornerstone in Brooklyn's cultural landscape, is presenting B-side: (Broken) Memory and Remix, a group exhibition featuring the photographic works of Assistant Professor of Visual Arts, Director of Graduate Studies, and alumna Adama Delphine Fawundu ’18.
The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.
![Installation view of Vivian Chiu’s 'And, Or, Not' solo exhibition at FLXST Contemporary, 2023. Photo copyright Vivian Chiu and courtesy of FLXST Contemporary. [Left to Right: 'Pagoda,' 2023; 'Lantern,' 2023; 'Fan #1,' 2023]](/sites/arts.columbia.edu/files/styles/cu_crop/public/content/Images/News/va_feature_VChiu_AND%2COR%2CNOT_2.jpg.webp?itok=z4U5Wxcy "Installation view of Vivian Chiu’s 'And, Or, Not' solo exhibition at FLXST Contemporary, 2023. Photo copyright Vivian Chiu and courtesy of FLXST Contemporary. [Left to Right: 'Pagoda,' 2023; 'Lantern,' 2023; 'Fan #1,' 2023]")
In And, Or, Not, a solo exhibition of work by Visual Arts alumna Vivian Chiu '19 at FLXST Contemporary's A-Side Gallery, wooden sculptures stand as watchful, willing figures on plexiglass supports spread throughout the gallery’s space, interacting with the sun’s light and the shadows thrown on the exposed brick walls.
Ten years after his last solo show at Galeri Bosfor in Istanbul, Turkey, Visual Arts alumnus Barış Göktürk ’20 has returned with Scanner / Tarayan, an exhibition featuring his painting and sculpture works.
