Photographs and video are now available from the February 25, 2015 event “Birds of Metal in Flight: An Evening of Poetry with 5+5.” The landmark event, held in the beautiful Cathedral of St. John the Divine, featured a reading by five Chinese poets: Bei Dao, Ouyang Jianghe, Xi Chuan, Zhai Yongming, and Zhou Zan; and five American poets: Charles Bernstein, Mei-mei … [Read more...]
Oct. 1 Event “Inside the Contemporary Chinese Art Market:” Pictures and Audio
Photographs and audio are now available from the October 1, 2014 event "Inside the Contemporary Chinese Art Market." The event featured Ethan Cohen, President and CEO of Ethan Cohen Fine Arts in New York, and moderator Dorothy Ko, Professor of History and Women's Studies at Barnard College. The event, co-sponsored by the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, is part … [Read more...]
Columbia professor Lydia H. Liu on Phoenix and the art of Xu Bing
Now is the ideal time for those in New York to experience the work of Xu Bing (1955-), the world-renowned contemporary Chinese artist. Through January 2015, his monumental installation Phoenix, featuring two giant birds fabricated from construction debris, will be displayed inside the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Manhattan. Book from the Sky, the work that … [Read more...]
