From a half hour of silence to provocative poems taped around campus, the avant garde artists of today's flourish at Columbia.

Tattoos are moving from the fringe as college kids are going under the pen more and more often.

Why African art and art from Africa are two different things, but shouldn't be.

Students find time to put down the books and pick up menial tasks for gallery owners.

Marina Abramović pushes the limits of performance art, combining nudity, mutilation, and thrusts the audience directly into the art itself.

From found materials, student transform dim dorm décor to unique and fun layouts.

While certainly non-traditional, artists take to the streets with surprising heart and spirit in Union Square.

The Internet has changed visual culture within the museum and on the web.

Columbia students leave the city to explore the other side of art.