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The undergraduate Visual Arts Program at Columbia University recently honored their Spring 2021 graduates at their annual Senior Thesis Show.

Professor Rirkrit Tiravanija will participate in Art Basel Hong Kong’s 2021 Fair. The ninth annual exhibition, which was cancelled last year because of the pandemic, will run from May 21, 2021 to May 23, 2021.

Visual Arts alumna Sara Stern ’17 has work on display in the plumb’s 'Of Several Depths' exhibition, which runs from April 14, 2021 to May 10, 2021, in Toronto, Canada.

Visual Arts alumnus Vikram Divecha ’19 has work on display in the Out of Place exhibition at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde in Dubai, UAE. The show runs from March 22, 2021 to May 22, 2021.

Visual Arts alumnus Cy Gavin ’16 has a self-titled solo exhibition on display at Aspen Art Museum (AAM) in Aspen, Colorado.

The Visual Arts and Sound Art MFA Programs at Columbia University School of the Arts recently showcased the Class of 2021 in their postponed First Year MFA Exhibition.

Uncovering the Heritage Silhouette is a bi-weekly series diving into how tradition influences the creation of art. We interview artists heavily influenced by their heritage. 

Visual Arts student Kelsey Shwetz has work on display at two galleries: Casa Equis in Mexico City, Mexico and Hollis Taggart in Southport, Connecticut. Casa Equis houses Shwetz’s solo exhibition A Lamp is Not the Only Sign of Glass while Hollis Taggart includes Shwetz’s pieces in its group exhibition Unique Expressions

Visual arts students Joseph LiatelaJuan Hernández Díaz, and Lindsey Brittain Collins and alumni Farah Mohammad ’21, Yi Sa-Ra ’20, Cara Lynch ’20, Paula Lycan ’20, Yifan Jiang ’20, Baris Gokturk ’20, Aika Akhmetova ’20, and Kate Liebman ’19 will present new video, sound, and performance work during a live program with the Jewish Museum. The event takes place Sunday, April 18, 2021 from 4:00 to 5:30 pm ET via Zoom, and it will respond to the show, We Fight to Build a Free World:…

Yesterday, the 2021 Guggenheim fellowships were announced, and several Columbia Faculty and Alumni are among the recipients.

Visual Arts Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies (CC ’98) is featured in 'John Thompson: An Artist Collects at Childs Gallery' and also in When Evening Has Passed and Tomorrow Comes at the Kimball Art Center’s new space, The Yard.

Kaiser Gallery presents Sugar (Chapter II), a solo exhibition featuring alumnus Derick Whitson’s ’17, in Cleveland, Ohio. This follows after Whitson’s show Sissy Boys Only (Chapter I).

Student Series

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Encounters

by Mădălina Telea Borteș

A series featuring Columbia visual, sound, and performance artists, discussing the art that compels them to see and create in new ways. 

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This Is Who We Are

by Carlos Barragán

A series featuring Columbia School of the Arts’ professors, covering careers, pedagogy, and art-making.

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Constructing Futures: Making Ecological Art in a Time of Uncertainty

by Catherine Fisher

A series that features artists who use found materials, natural resources, and the landscape to construct work that addresses the harsh realities of our ecological age.