Diana Greenwald

Aspiring CU curators get hands-on experience

When Columbia students talk about their future careers, some occupations are more popular than others. They often want to be doctors, lawyers, or policy makers when they grow up. Becoming a museum curator is a less frequent aspiration. However, just as CAVA, the Columbia Area Volunteer Ambulance, serves as an extracurricular training ground for the legions of pre-meds at Columbia, there are opportunities on campus that allow prospective curators, both undergraduate and graduate students, to discover whether or not museum work is right for them.

By Diana Greenwald | Apr 13 10:01 pm ET

Columbians in the art world: on-the-job training or ivory tower?

“The art world” is somewhat of an abstract phrase. It evokes a vision of downtown artists surrounded by their trendy entourages. Jonathan Neil—a doctoral candidate in art history in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) and co-founder of the private curatorial firm Boyd Level—noted quite correctly that the art world is “sexy and romantic from the outside.” However, he was eager to discuss the complicated world lying behind the alluring image.

By Diana Greenwald | Mar 23 11:33 pm ET

Inspiration Over Function in Eco-art

Warning: this article is going to start with a vaguely pretentious reference to the Core. But I promise this reference is relevant and will be brief and painless.

By Diana Greenwald | Dec 5 03:39 am ET

For Natural History Museum, Cosmos Is Tapestry

Enceladus’ white craggy surface is covered with meandering turquoise lines.
They are the same color as the bits of ocean featured in travel commercials for sunny and secluded islands.

By Diana Greenwald | Nov 21 03:04 am ET

Columbia Graduates, Bees Collaborate in Art Show

Collaborative works often beg questions like “Who is the real artist here?” or “What is an artist?” But these were not my thoughts while looking at the pieces on display at “Reverse Turning Tests”

By Diana Greenwald | Nov 5 07:02 pm ET

Holding the Reigns on an Eco-Friendly Future

People in chic glasses filled Wood Auditorium in Avery Hall.

By Diana Greenwald | Oct 31 02:22 am ET

View Purple Mountains' Majesty Through Eastern Eyes at the Met

The scroll Autumn Forests at Yushan (1668) by Wang Hui is too idyllic to be true. The mountains are impossibly large and vertical.

By Diana Greenwald | Oct 10 12:48 am ET

Junk Makes for Treasures Untold in Brooklyn Exhibition

“Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea,” an exhibition by Brooklyn-based street artist Swoon, reminds me of two things: Johnny Depp and a repressively Catholic French village.

By Diana Greenwald | Sep 26 04:53 am ET

Great Goat-Man God Has A History of Mythic Proportions

The god on the lawn in front of Lewisohn Hall is a drifter.

By Diana Greenwald | Apr 11 01:16 am ET

Stop! It’s Hammertime for the School of Mines

The bronze Le Marteleur—or “The Hammerman,” as he is known to most Columbia students—was created by Belgian sculptor Constantin Meunier in the late 19th century.

By Diana Greenwald | Mar 28 02:16 am ET

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