More than one thousand works from the preeminent collection of the Museum's Department of Islamic Art—one of the most comprehensive gatherings of this material in the world—have returned to view in a completely renovated, expanded, and reinstalled suite of fifteen galleries. The... | Learn More

Mind the Gap is a multimedia exhibition exploring the inherent plurality of the individual through modes of personal confession, self reflection,... | Learn More

The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan, 1811-2011 celebrates the 200th anniversary of the Commissioners’ Plan of 1811, the foundational document that established Manhattan’s famous street grid. Featuring an original... | Learn More

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation from Columbia University in the City of New York!  What better way to reflect on your time at Columbia then by flipping through the pages of The Columbian Yearbook as you remember the friendships you made to the student organizations you joined to... | Learn More

For an intense decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee (1899–1968) was one of the most relentlessly inventive figures in American photography. His graphically dramatic and often lurid photographs of New York crimes and news events set the standard for what has become known as tabloid ... | Learn More

For at least forty thousand years, in virtually all cultures, humans have worn objects of symbolic, decorative, and amuletic value around their necks. Ranging in length from chokers to rope necklaces that hang below the waist, and in form from simple pendants to elaborate sculptural collars... | Learn More

Frank Oscar Larson (1896-1964) was born in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, of Swedish immigrant parents and lived in Flushing, Queens most of his life. As an adult, Larson spent his days at a branch of the Empire Trust Company (now Bank of New York Mellon), working his way up through... | Learn More

The Queens Museum of Art (QMA) presents Queens International 2012: Three Points Make a Triangle, the fifth iteration of its biennial, showcasing artists living or working in the borough. The 2012 edition features 31 artists based in established and upcoming art hubs in Queens and comprise a ... | Learn More

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MAD has explored the intersection of traditional or unusual materials and techniques as viewed through the lens of contemporary art and design in a series of exhibitions that include Radical Lace and Subversive Knitting; Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary; Slash: Paper Under the Knife; Dead or... | Learn More

Broadway's sold-out smash is back for a limited time only! Named one of the year's best by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and more, don't miss the darkly comic thrill-ride Liz Smith declares, "Broadway's hottest date night!"... | Learn More

Celebrating over four thrilling years Off-Broadway, the unique and innovative Fuerza Bruta: Look Up will dazzle and overwhelm you from the moment you enter the nightclub-like lobby. Inside the theatre, flying performers, pumping beats and ethereal dream sequences evoke the feeling of a nonstop,... | Learn More

This exhibition of photographs by Camilo José Vergara will be shown in two rotations: Harlem: The People and Harlem: The Place. Vergara’s images serve as powerful and poignant witness to the changes that have occurred over the past four decades in one of the most... | Learn More

The Obama Presidency: A Look Behind the Scenes/Photographs by Pete Souza Chief Official White House Photographer

This exhibition of 56 photographs by Pete Souza, the chief official White House photographer, forms a visual diary of nearly two years of President... | Learn More

Cindy Sherman (American, b. 1954) is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential artists in contemporary art. Throughout her career, she has presented a sustained, eloquent, and provocative exploration of the construction of contemporary identity and the nature of... | Learn More

MARCH

Sat/Sun 3/4 1:30pm
REDBIRD REEF PAINTING
Did you know that marine life flourishes in “Redbird Reefs,” artificial reefs made of red subway cars placed on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean ten years ago? Paint your own scene of an underwater world of recycled cars,... | Learn More

Daring, ground-breaking and absolutely spectacular, Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark is Broadway's most popular new show! Experience one of the world's greatest superheroes come to life on stage in an exhilarating new production that has performers literally flying over the audience and the entire... | Learn More

The Rare Book and Manuscript Library presents a major exhibition of works by the idiosyncratic illustrator, designer, and writer, Edward Gorey (1925-2000). The exhibition draws from the large and important collection of Gorey's works donated to the Columbia University Libraries by noted... | Learn More

Social Television and the Multi-Screen Experience
Tuesday, March 6, 6:30 to 8:00 pm
FREE - Register Online

Social media has turned the traditional one-way model of watching television into an interactive experience. Almost every broadcaster has been exploring... | Learn More

One of the most significant young artists today, Kehinde Wiley is known for vibrant, large-scale paintings of young urban men, rendered in the self-confident, empowered poses typical of classical European portrait painting.

Part of a new series exploring the global diaspora, the... | Learn More

A play about power, ambition, political secrets, ruthlessness and the race for the presidency, Gore Vidal's The Best Man is set at the national convention where two candidates are vying for their party's nomination during the primary season. Don't miss James Earl Jones,... | Learn More

Showcasing the spectacular craftsmanship and sophisticated design associated with both Japan and Art Deco style, this exhibition is the first in the U.S. to explore a little-known brand of pre-WWII modernism borne of competitive ingenuity and vivacious... | Learn More