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Aimee Ng, chief curator at the Frick Collection
Arts & Humanities

5 Alumni Museum Curators Shaping the Art World Today

Through visionary exhibitions and programming, Columbia graduates are steering the direction of some of New York’s most prestigious museums

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Supriya Ganesh on The Pitt

From Columbia to The Pitt

For Supriya Ganesh ’19CC, starring in the Emmy-nominated hospital drama wasn’t a far cry from reality

Collage of Oscar-winning movies with Columbia connections

18 Oscar ‘Best Picture’ Winners with Columbia Connections

Since the Golden Age of Hollywood, Columbians have contributed to some of the Academy’s most awarded movies

Collage of Jewish history

Lessons of Jewish History

For seventy-five years, the Institute of Israel and Jewish Studies at Columbia has connected the community to the currents of Jewish thought

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Donald Keene at poet Basho’s tomb in Zeze, Japan, 1955.
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Remembering Donald Keene, America’s Foremost Japanologist

The Columbia professor lived for his adopted country — and his students

Exterior of The Shed in Hudson Yards, seen from the High Line
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Alumni Artists Featured at the Shed in Hudson Yards

Five Columbians show off the projects that grabbed the attention of curators at New York’s ambitious new cultural space

Yoke thé marionette puppet from Burma
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The Puppets of Butler Library

Professor Brander Matthews left his theater memorabilia to Columbia — with strings attached

Subway mosaic
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Lion in the Subway

A new series of subway mosaics honors famed Bronxites, including writer and activist Audre Lorde ’60LS

MOLD magazine founder LinYee Yuan in front of a food market
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Must-Reading for Ethical Foodies

YinLee Yuan ’02CC publishes Mold magazine, a guide to the future of responsible food production and design

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Curating the Legend of Troy

Deniz Ünsal ’04GSAS guides you through a new museum dedicated to the ancient city immortalized in Homer's The Iliad

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Your Columbia Playlist

We spotlight 10 alumni artists from Vampire Weekend to Black Uhuru, Paul Robeson to Art Garfunkel

Harry Bauld at poetry reading
Arts & Humanities

Poets Play Ball at the Alumni Center

A multigenerational reading throws some curves

Drawing: "The Peace Palace in The Hague," by Milton Halladay
Arts & Humanities

Columbia’s Role in the Paris Peace Conference

100 years later, a new exhibit looks at one of the most important treaties ever written

Artwork by South African artist Mary Sibande at the Leroy Neiman Douglas Gallery at Columbia University
Arts & Humanities

Mary Sibande: Power Dresser

The South African artist honors the women in her family who were forced into domestic work during apartheid

Artist Cy Gavin in his studio
Arts & Humanities

Cy Gavin's Luminous Paintings Tell Dark Stories

With his bold and beautiful canvases, the artist grapples with some very challenging issues

Documentaries made by Columbia alumni: Chasing Coral, Shirkers, ReMastered: ReMastered: Massacre at the Stadium, Three Identical Strangers, Wild Wild Country, RBG, Making a Murderer part 2, Crime + Punishment
Arts & Humanities

8 Must-See Documentaries to Add to Your Streaming Queue

(All with Columbians in the credits)

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