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Feb 22, 2026

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Columbia Daily Spectator reporters spent an hour in five campus libraries - Milstein, Butler, the Science & Engineering Library, the Business & Economics Library in Uris, and Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library. Here's what they found.

Sep 25, 2025

In the media

"Avery Library's newest treasures: The arts and architecture library’s first public exhibition in five years showcased recent acquisitions from Frances Halsband, Michael Sorkin, ’71GSAS, and others," featured in Columbia Magazine.

Mar 5, 2025

In the media

The curator of a Los Angeles exhibit on "forgotten artisan" Manuel Sandoval consulted the Frank Lloyd Wright archives in Avery Library to explore the legacy of the Nicaraguan artist, including his ties to Wright.

Feb 14, 2025

In the media

The New York Times took to the archives of Avery Library to research "a Philip Johnson house on the market in Newburgh, NY: Wolfhouse, as it is known, was built in the late 1940s and recently restored."

Mar 5, 2024

In the media

The Architect's Newspaper reports that "the papers, architectural records, and drawings of Michael Sorkin will have a permanent home in the department of Drawings & Archives at Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library."

Dec 10, 2023

In the media

The Eye showcases the Libraries' Art Properties, the University's art collection, which is stewarded by Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library and Curator for Art Properties Roberto C. Ferrari.

Oct 12, 2023

In the media

The Fall 2023 M.A. in Art History Presents program, a collaborative effort from the Department in Art History & Archaeology and the Libraries' Art Properties, showcases 11 drawings from the estate of curator Lola Szladits.

Sep 5, 2023

In the media

In an interview with Columbia News, newly-appointed Director of Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library Teresa Harris "shares her vision for leading" the library, including "a strategy for digital collecting of architectural material."

Dec 7, 2022

In the media

An exhibition from Art Properties, "What is the Use of Buddhist Art?," which was on view at the Wallach Art Gallery from December 2021 through March 2022, was named one of the top exhibitions of 2022 by The New York Times.

Aug 15, 2022

In the media

A walking tour of sculptures at Columbia: From Low Library to Baker Athletics Complex, here's an introduction to sculptures that you can find on the Morningside Heights campus, with insights from Curator of Art Properties Roberto C. Ferrari.

Dec 3, 2021

In the media

Hyperallergic profiles three simultaneous exhibitions in the Wallach Art Gallery that feature 150 rarely-seen cultural heritage objects and works of art from the Libraries' Art Properties.

May 10, 2021

In the media

EuropeNow, the online journal for the Council for European Studies at Columbia, publishes a series of essays by graduate students who participated in the Parallel Heritage project with Avery Library's Art Properties.

Jun 29, 2020

In the media

CNN consults curator Roberto Ferrari about an 1864 painting held by Avery Library's Art Properties that is likely among the earliest depictions of same-sex female desire.

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We spent an hour in five of Columbia’s favorite libraries. Here’s what we found.

Avery Library’s Newest Treasures

The Forgotten Artisan Behind Frank Lloyd Wright

A Philip Johnson House Is on the Market in Newburgh, N.Y.

Michael Sorkin's Personal Collection... | The Architect's Newspaper

Thinking with The Thinker

Students Curate an Art Exhibition on Campus

Teresa Harris Shares Her Vision for Leading Avery Library

Best Art of 2022

A Walking Tour of Sculptures On and Around Columbia's Morningside Campus

Your Concise New York Art Guide for December 2021

Transatlantic Adventures: Parallel Heritages, Humanities in Action

This Victorian Painting Depicting Two Women in Love was Nearly Lost in History

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We spent an hour in five of Columbia’s favorite libraries. Here’s what we found.

Avery Library’s Newest Treasures

The Forgotten Artisan Behind Frank Lloyd Wright

A Philip Johnson House Is on the Market in Newburgh, N.Y.

Michael Sorkin's Personal Collection... | The Architect's Newspaper

Thinking with The Thinker

Students Curate an Art Exhibition on Campus

Teresa Harris Shares Her Vision for Leading Avery Library

Best Art of 2022

A Walking Tour of Sculptures On and Around Columbia's Morningside Campus

Your Concise New York Art Guide for December 2021

Transatlantic Adventures: Parallel Heritages, Humanities in Action

This Victorian Painting Depicting Two Women in Love was Nearly Lost in History

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