Students in a drama performance on a dark stage with brightly colored outfits
The Institute of
Critical Studies
in the Arts

Connecting Critical Inquiry and Artistic Practice

Events

  • Joel Meyerowitz, Street Busker, Paris, France, 1967, Dye transfer print

    Sep. 9

    DPI Presents: The Object/Photograph: From the Archives of the Department of Photography & Imaging

    This exhibition owes much to the legacy of Lee D. Witkin. Lee was one of our very first adjunct professors. He was a pioneer gallerist and dealer who cherished the handmade artifacts crafted by photographic masters. As you go through the exhibit, you’ll note that many of the most important works are the result of his generous donations.

  • Poster for Secret Sixteen Screening

    Oct. 2 – Dec. 4

    Secret Sixteen Screening: Fall 2026

    This series pairs a 16mm feature film from the Cinema Studies Archive with lo-fi gems, oddball curiosities, and pre-internet obscurities.

  • chips

    Oct. 15

    DPI Presents: Incoming 2026 Exhibition

    An inaugural exhibition, “Incoming 2026,” features photographic and video artworks by the entire incoming NYU Tisch Department of Photography & Imaging Class of 2030.

News

 Institute of 
 Performing Arts 

Collaborative
Arts

Dance

Design for
Stage & Film

Drama

Graduate
Acting

Graduate Musical
Theatre Writing

 Kanbar Institute 
 of Film & Television 

Rita & Burton Goldberg
Department of Dramatic
Writing

Graduate
Film

Undergraduate
Film &
Television

 Institute of Emerging 
 Media 

ITP & IMA

NYU Game
Center

Photography
& Imaging

Clive Davis Institute of Recorded
Music

 Institute of Critical 
 Studies In the Arts 

Art & Public
Policy

MARTIN SCORSESE
DEPARTMENT OFCinema
Studies

Performance
Studies