One reason contemporary art is exciting is that we can sometimes meet an artist and learn the stories behind the work.

A conceptual artist on Duke's faculty talks about his own work and how the arts can make Duke a productive, outward-facing university.

The celebration of 50 Years of Black Students at Duke University culminated on October 4, 2013 with the premier of Billy Childs’ composition “Enlightened Souls,” a piece commissioned by Duke ...

Five Duke dance students spent this past summer in China, introducing into the country a new concept: summer dance camp. Their trip is the latest episode in a remarkable history ...

Luou Zhang, a 2011 Duke graduate in economics, describes how his DukeEngage experience at a middle school in China inspired him to become an experiential-education entrepreneur there.

Hsiao-mei Ku is Professor of the Practice in Duke University’s music department and a violinist in the Ciompi Quartet, Duke’s resident string quartet. She is faculty-in-residence in Pegram residence hall, ...

When James Brown gave his famous advice, “Get up offa that thing and dance ’til you feel better,” he probably never envisioned someone conducting a clinical trial to see if ...

Adam Chodikoff ’93, senior producer for “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and America’s leading “investigative humorist,” will give the keynote address to kick off DEMAN Weekend, the annual celebration ...

Visiting artist Charlotte Caspers to hold workshops on art reconstruction and painting techniques from the Middle Ages.

How going to college helped Tift Merritt become a better artist.

The classical music label Deutsche Grammophon – Decca found a very 21st-century way to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Chopin’s birth—they had a video contest. Pianists were invited to send ...