Artists and art historians reframe the ways in which we view and interact with the world.

As an Art and Art History student, you'll discover the constantly evolving nature of culture and explore contemporary and historic art practice.

Interdisciplinary coursework, entrepreneurial thinking, and collaboration are all part of the Columbia experience. Through our exciting curriculum, you’ll master the technical, theoretical, and professional skills to adapt and thrive in the shifting landscape of modern culture.

Interdisciplinary coursework, entrepreneurial thinking, and collaboration are all part of the Columbia experience.

Through our exciting curriculum, you’ll master the technical, theoretical, and professional skills to adapt and thrive in the shifting landscape of modern culture.

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Events Calendar

Oct25
6:00PM - 7:30PM Bodies of Knowledge — ART NOW! Art21 screening
Art21 Bodies of Knowledge: Tauba Auerbach, Guerrilla Girls, Hank Willis Thomas, Anicka Yi. Guests of Columbia College register to attend....Get the details
Nov08
6:00PM - 7:30PM Valerie Mercer — ART NOW! lecture
The Benefits of Fine Arts Museums Developing Galleries Devoted to African American Art In 2001, the Detroit Institute of Arts established the Center for African American Art and hired Valerie J. Mercer as the museum’s first Curator of African American Art and the Center’s Department Head. The Center functions as a curatorial department dedicated to the...Get the details
Nov29
6:00PM - 7:30PM Friedhard Kiekeben — ART NOW! lecture
The art of overpainting Friedhard Kiekeben’s installations, wall drawings, and paintings have been shown internationally since 1986. The work plays with notions of simulation, matrix, copy and repetition across painting and printing media. The artist’s latest body of works 'overpaintings', begun in 2018, hybridize between pixels and paint, by combining digitally created, printed, and hand-pa......Get the details

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