This Friday, September 25, 6:00-8:00 PM, we will have a special event in honor of the recent restoration of an important Korean painting in our collection, Cascading Waterfall in Mountains, by Ko Hui-dong. The event will take place in our reading room, and will include a number of brief lectures in addition to the unveiling […]
Category: Starr Treasures
Occasional postings highlighting one or more treasures from our art holdings and special collections.
Tibetan Special Collections Exhibition
From March 23 – April 15 we offer an exhibit of selected Tibetan Special Collections items . The following select items are now on display in the main reading room on the 300-level of the Starr Library: 1678 Notice by the regent Lobsang Jinpa during the reign of the Fifth Dalai Lama 1723 Scroll with […]
Some thoughts on the Japanese art work: “Longing” on the wall of the C. V. Starr East Asian Library reading room at Columbia University, by Director Jim Cheng
100 years ago, in 1912, 3020 cherry trees composed of twelve varieties were given as a gift to the people of the United States from the people of Japan and were planted in East Potomac Park in Washington DC, as well as in Sakura Park in New York. Accidently, when I met with Mr. Tsutomu […]