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A group exhibit in Forest City Gallery titled Through Clenched Teeth explores the moment when consumption becomes painful.

The Institute of Contemporary Art in London commissioned a work by Professor Rirkrit Tiravanija to be stationed permanently in the institute’s lower bar.

 

Out of the 250 applicants for NXTHVN’s second year of studio fellowships, nine were accepted, and alumnus Jeffrey Meris '19 is among them.

The Columbia Alumni Association's (CAA) initiative She Opened the Door brings together alumnae from Columbia University in a women’s conference.

The MoMA PS1 show Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011 features works by artists who respond to the legacies of American military involvement in Iraq, beginning with the Gulf War in 1991.

Keith Mayerson’s Friends and Family exhibit at the Peter Mendenhall Gallery in Pasadena, CA features seven artists from Columbia University: Marc Handelman '03, Dana Schutz '02, Jesse Bransford '00, Esteban Cabeza de Baca '14 (Faculty), David Humphrey (Mentor), Bea Parsons '12, and Heidi Howard '14.

Current student John Rivas is currently in a two-person show with February James at Ross+Kramer Gallery in New York.

The Alumni Spotlight is a place to hear from the School of the Arts alumni community about their journeys as artists and creators.

This winter, alumnus Matthew C. Wilson ’13 has artwork in two group exhibits—one in Belgium, the other in the Netherlands.

On December 5th, the undergraduate senior thesis exhibition held a reception celebrating the show’s opening.

Conversations with Artists in Art Getting Art is a bi-weekly series and a play on Jerry Seinfeld's Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.

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.