“Make Way for Berthe Weill in New York”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
The Georgetowner, January 27, 2025
by Richard Selden
Q: Does Columbia, New York City’s Ivy League university, established by royal charter as King’s College in 1754, have an art museum?
A: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, established in 1986, moved into the Lenfest Center for the Arts when the center opened in 2017 on Columbia’s new Manhattanville campus in West Harlem.
If you were unaware of the Wallach, you have something in common with about eight million New Yorkers — not to mention the rest of the U.S. population, outside of those with a Columbia connection. Why would a university in New York City need an art museum? You can’t throw a rock there without hitting one (please don’t).