Installation images from the Class of 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, on view from April 26 through May 24, 2026. Curated by Amal Issa. Wallach Art Gallery hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6pm.

Installation images from the Class of 2026 MFA Thesis Exhibition at the Wallach Art Gallery at the Lenfest Center for the Arts, on view from April 26 through May 24, 2026. Curated by Amal Issa. Wallach Art Gallery hours: Wednesday–Sunday, 12–6pm.

Mark your weekend calendars!

Top curators at The Frick Collection, The Met, MoMA, Studio Museum of Harlem, and the Whitney were featured in the Spring 2026 edition of Columbia's alumni magazine. Two of these Columbia grads created exhibitions at the Wallach Art Gallery early in their careers.

The upcoming weekend will be the final opportunity to see “Mapping Otherwise,” curated by Katherine Duxiaole Zhang as part of the 2026 “MODA Curates” series at the Wallach Art Gallery.

Don't miss "Skins, Not Our Own," curated by Summer Jimin Park as part of the 2026 "Moda Curates" series, and closing at 6 PM this Sunday, April 12, 2026.

There's one week left to check out the Class of 2027's First Year MFA Exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery. Don't miss your chance to see recent work by Columbia School of the Arts Visual and Sound Art MFA students.

Join us on Saturday, April 4, 2026, for Writing at the Wallach, an informal workshop led by Columbia School of the Arts MFA in Writing candidates.

Many thanks to ARTFORUM and Megan Kincaid for the thoughtful review of the recent Wallach Gallery exhibition "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" in the magazine's April 2026 edition. #juliabryanwilson #nataliabrizuela #artforummagazine #wallachartgallery #LottyRosenfeld

Please join us for discussions of the works in the 2026 MODA Curates exhibitions:"Skins, Not My Own," curated by Summer Jimin Park, and "Mapping Otherwise," curated by Katherine Duxiaole Zhang.

Thanks to all who attended the March 28 opening for the 2026 "MODA Curates" exhibitions, when two outstanding proposals from the Columbia University MA in Modern and Contemporary Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies program debuted at Wallach Art Gallery.

Thank you to Lisa Yin Zhang and Hyperallergic for including both of Wallach Art Gallery’s upcoming exhibitions in the Spring 2026 New York Art Guide.

Each year, two outstanding proposals from the Columbia University MA in Modern and Contemporary Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies program are selected for exhibition at Wallach Art Gallery during its "MODA Curates" series.

The Class of 2027 First Year MFA Exhibition, curated by Erica DiBenedetto and presented in collaboration with the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, will open on March 29 and present the work of 31 emerging visual and sound artists.

Each year, two outstanding proposals from the Columbia University MA in Modern and Contemporary Art: Critical and Curatorial Studies Program are selected for exhibition at Wallach Art Gallery during its "MODA Curates" series.

Amid the murdering of political dissidents under Pinochet, it was the urgent collective action of wives and daughters that most visibly countered blatant state violence. By circulating images of their loved ones, women strategically used the identification photograph as testimony.

This montage of a rambling man, a young girl exposing domestic violence, Pinochet commemorating the coup, and recordings of a feminist community meeting in the periphery of Santiago explores the interconnectedness of madness, power, and poverty.

This upcoming weekend is your last chance to see the acclaimed exhibition "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" before it closes at 6 pm on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Thank you to the SculptureCenter's Sohrab Mohebbi and the Artissima Fair for selecting "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" as one of the top 5 shows in New York!

Many thanks to Caitlin Anklam and The Brooklyn Rail for the discussion of "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" in the March 2026 edition.

Who is allowed to speak? Whose speech is listened to? Examining how language has the capacity to discipline us by compelling socially and politically acceptable behaviors, Rosenfeld and Eltit produced this collage-like video.

Final two weeks to see "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces," curated by Natalia Brizuela and Julia Bryan-Wilson. The first US retrospective of the acclaimed Chilean artist, which has enjoyed extensive coverage in the art press, will have its last day on Sunday, March 15, 2026.

In 1979, Rosenfeld, alongside artist Juan Castillo, experimental writers Diamela Eltit and Raúl Zurita, and sociologist Fernando Balcells, formed the dissident group Colectivo Acciones de Arte (Collective of Art Actions), or CADA, which means"every" in Spanish.

With much appreciation for Jillian Steinhauer and The New Yorker for the recommendation and insightful description of the Wallach Art Gallery exhibition "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" in the latest issue.

Thank you FRIEZE magazine and Kate Zambreno for the discussion of "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" in the March 2026 edition. Read the full review: www.frieze.com/article/lott... #katezambreno #frieze #LottyRosenfeld #lottyrosenfeldfoundation #WallachArtGallery

These archival documents evidence the circulation of Rosenfeld’s work, not only in Chile but internationally, particularly her experimental videos shown in Canada, Australia, Germany, and the United States.

This early collage reveals many of the motifs and materials Lotty Rosenfeld used in her art-actions and videos, including stitching as feminist labor and as connective tissue between seemingly disparate visual elements or concepts.

Many thanks to Cristóbal Lehyt and "Disobedient Spaces" co-curator Julia Bryan-Wilson for spending Saturday afternoon, February 7th, discussing "Art in the Shadow of Authoritarianism" before an attentive crowd.

In this 2001 video, looping images of land extraction clash with a Mapuche woman’s defiant defense against a male Chilean politician.

Join artist Cristóbal Lehyt and "Disobedient Spaces" co-curator Julia Bryan-Wilson for a discussion of Lotty Rosenfeld’s enduring impact and influence on contemporary Chilean visual arts.

Thank you to acclaimed poet, artist, activist, and filmmaker Cecilia Vicuña for spending the afternoon at Wallach Art Gallery on Saturday, January 31.

Thank you Emily Watlington and "Art in America" for the thoughtful and timely discussion of "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces," the first U.S. retrospective of the seminal Latin American artist. Read the full review: www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

In her first site-specific action in 1979, Rosenfeld intervened on a Santiago avenue. She placed lengths of white fabric across the painted stripes that divide lanes of traffic, turning lines into crosses.

Join us at 2 pm on January 31, when poet, artist, activist, and filmmaker Cecilia Vicuña reads from "Sabor a mi," and reflects on meeting and collaborating with Lotty Rosenfeld in the late 1970s.

Many thanks to Clara Maria Apostolatos for her thought-provoking review of "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" just published in HYPERALLERGIC.

Reflecting on decades of economic fallout from the Pinochet regime, Rosenfeld takes surveillance footage from a pawn shop in Santiago where customers busily sell their jewelry to pay off debts.

In 2007, Lotty Rosenfeld continued her longstanding interest in printmaking with a series of serigraphs juxtaposing portraits of famous thinkers, feminist writers, radical artists, and revolutionary political figures with vibrant flowers.

Many thanks to Will Heinrich and The New York Times for the review of Wallach Art Gallery's current exhibition "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces."

Many thanks to ARTnews and Maximilíano Durón for discussing Wallach Art Gallery's current exhibition "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces". #artnews #maximilíanodurón #lottyrosenfeld #juliabryanwilson #nataliabrizuela #wallachartgallery

Best wishes this holiday season from Wallach Art Gallery! #holidayhours #wallachartgallery #columbiauniversity #columbiauniversityinthecityofnewyork #nycartmuseums

Thanks to all who joined us on Sunday for "Poetics of the Event: Lotty Rosenfeld between Nelly Richard and Willy Thayer," a lecture presentation by Columbia University Dean of Humanities Bruno Bosteels.

"Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" November 7, 2025—March 15, 2026 Wallach Art Gallery Lenfest Center for the Arts 615 West 129th Street | 6th Floor New York, NY 10027

Lotty Rosenfeld, "Una herida Americana" (An American wound), 1982 35mm slides from original U-matic color video Collection of Fundación Lotty Rosenfeld

Join us December 14, when Columbia University Dean of Humanities Bruno Bosteels presents "Poetics of the Event: Lotty Rosenfeld between Nelly Richard and Willy Thayer."

Acclaimed Chilean author Diamela Eltit collaborated with Lotty Rosenfeld over more than four decades of deep friendship. Don't miss this evening's conversation between the celebrated writer and exhibition co-curator Natalia Brizuela. Advance registration via Link in bio or at wallach.columbia.edu.

Join us for a Friday-evening Webinar when celebrated Chilean author Diamela Eltit will discuss her decades-long collaboration & deep friendship with Lotty Rosenfeld. She will illuminate some of their key projects in dialogue with Natalia Brizuela, co-curator of "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces."

Thanks to all who joined us for today's "Curators in Conversation" with Natalia Brizuela and Julia Bryan-Wilson, a public event for the exhibition "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" on view through March 15, 2026 at Wallach Art Gallery.

Thanks to all who made it to the opening reception for "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces" to celebrate the launch of the first U.S. retrospective of one of the most important feminist artists of the 20th century.

On Saturday November 15, join curators Julia Bryan-Wilson (pictured, left) and Natalia Brizuela (right) for new insights about artist Lotty Rosenfeld drawn from their extensive archival research for the development of the current Wallach Art Gallery exhibition "Lotty Rosenfeld: Disobedient Spaces".

On November 7, Wallach Art Gallery is pleased to debut the first U.S. retrospective of Chilean artist Lotty Rosenfeld (1943–2020), one of the most important feminist artists of the 20th century, and one of the best-known within Latin America.