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Announcement

Join Columbia University MFA in Visual Arts for an Information Session and Open Studios

The 2019 Information Session will take place on November 10 at 11 am, and afterward, second-year MFA students open their studios to the public to show their work in progress.

Announcement

Apply for Columbia University Summer Intensives in Painting, Photography, and Printmaking

Admission to Summer courses at Columbia Art School is open to all, no degrees required. Classes run from May 28 to July 5, 2019.

Art

Deconstructing Race in Western Painting

The most interesting part of this excellent exhibition is its presentation of black modernists, for here we enter relatively unfamiliar territory.

News

Several Major New York Art Institutions Step Away from Saudi-Funded Initiatives

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Brooklyn Museum have chosen to decline funding from the Saudi Misk Institue, and Columbia University has put its event with the Institute on pause.

News

Major Art Institutions Navigate Ties to Saudi Arabia After Disappearance of Journalist [UPDATED]

The Smithsonian, Sotheby's, and landmark institutions across NYC are under pressure to address their financial connections to the Saudi Arabian government in the wake of the suspected murder of Jamal Khashoggi.

Opinion

The Pervasive Power of Male Privilege at America’s Elite Universities

Institutions have hired men with predatory reputations despite complaints from women students and faculty. All because women haven’t had a strong enough voice in the system.

Art

Columbia University MFA Students Put on a Strong Thesis Show Despite Department Woes

Students of the 2018 MFA class are presenting strong work at the Wallach Art Gallery, many of them building large installations around their pieces.

News

Columbia University MFAs Share Stories of Dysfunctional Studios and Overworked Faculty

Current students and recent graduates of the revered program reflect on a series of internal crises that have come to light.

In Brief

Columbia University MFA Students Demand Tuition Refunds

Earlier this month, 51 of the 54 students in Columbia's visual arts MFA program met with the school's dean and provost to demand full tuition refunds.

News

Thomas Roma, Photographer and Columbia University Professor, Accused of Sexual Misconduct [UPDATED]

The accusations against Roma, a documentary photographer who is also the director of the photography program at Columbia University's School of the Arts, were all made by former students.

Art

In Harlem, a New Triennial Parses the Historical, Political, and Social Context of "Uptown"

The inaugural show at Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery spotlights 25 artists living or practicing north of 99th Street.

Art

In a Show of African Portrait Photography, the Figure Fades Away

The exhibition looks beyond the horizon of defining an African identity, beyond the notion of authentically representing what this identity is supposed to be, as both local and foreign photographers have sought to do.