Art History

Sanctified Sandals—Polemics and Prophetic Relics in an Era of Technological Reproducibility
Barry Flood, Professor of Humanities, Institute of Fine Arts and College of Arts and Sciences, NYU

Monday, November 10, 2014
Olin, Room 102
5 pm
Although recent controversies about the historical representation of the Prophet Muhammad have focused on figural paintings, these were relatively rare and circulated in a limited milieu. More commonly, the Prophet was represented metonymically, by depictions of his footprint or sandal, for example. The most famous relic of the Prophet’s sandal was kept in Damascus; from the twelfth century onwards, images of this sandal relic were generated by tracing its outline. Such tracings were believed to circulate the blessings (baraka) conferred by this cherished vestige through contact with the body of the Prophet. The copying of the sandal relic continued into modernity, when new print technologies and photography were applied to the reproduction of its image. The deployment of modern technologies of mass (re)production to the circulation of the relic as an image may be related to debates within Islam about the acceptability of relics, shrine veneration and mediation, debates that continue until the present day. However, the ability of mass-produced images to transport and transmit the charisma of the original relic also raises interesting questions about the nature of images, copies and mediation.

Sponsored by: Art History Program; Middle Eastern Studies Program; Religion Program.

The art history program will make its bi-annual program trip to the Metropolitan
Museum on Sunday, October 5th.  Faculty will meet students at the Museum
to discuss exhibitions and answer questions.  Tickets for the bus are available
at the Art History office, Fisher Annex 112.

The BREESE LITTLE Prize for Art Criticism was designed to support young writers of art criticism with a £600 termly prize.

The Prize was established in 2010 and we are pleased to announce ArtQuarters Press as our new sponsor of Volumes IX – XI, culminating in a publication celebrating contributors to the first eleven volumes.

We aim to celebrate young critics whose approach to arts writing maintains intellectual rigour but privileges accessibility.

Submissions guidelines are available on our website here , along with previous winners and judges’ comments.

Deadline: Friday 20th September 2013

For more information: www.breeselittle.com

The Thomas Cole Historic Site is looking for a college art history student to intern for the fall and winter. The opportunity is very flexible, the Cole House is looking for somebody to come in for a few hours a day, two days a week of the interns choosing. The intern would lead tours, conduct independent research and help with taking down the current exhibition. They would work closely with the staff and our head curator. Its a great opportunity for Bard students!
For more information:
http://www.thomascole.org/internships/

The Olana Partnership is proud to announce special in-depth tours of the exhibition Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church’s Landscapes of Mount Desert Island and Mount Katahdin. For the very first time, visitors are invited to join us every Saturday on the hour from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm through October 26th in the Evelyn and Maurice Sharp Gallery at Olana (Hudson, NY) to explore Olana’s feature exhibition. These tours offer a rare opportunity to experience the Olana collection in a more traditional gallery context and learn about the artist’s special relationship to the Maine landscape. The tours are offered for a fee of $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and students with a valid ID, and are free to children under 12 and members of The Olana Partnership. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 518-828-0135.

Curatorial Assistant Christopher T. Richards, Bard graduate 2012, will be leading the tours. “Mr. Richards leads a wonderful tour,” comments Associate Curator Valerie Balint. “He has worked very closely with us in the planning of Maine Sublime here at Olana. His enthusiasm and knowledge of the works will offer visitors the chance to engage with the art objects and their history, not to mention answer questions in great detail.”

For more information: http://www.olana.org/

Art History Senior Presentations Thursday, May 16th: art history seniors presented their projects to their peers and faculty and then participated in a celebratory dinner.

Here is the Program, please enjoy!

DIA: Beacon  is  recruiting volunteers for the reading of On Kawara’s One Million Years.  As a part of the 10th Anniversary Celebration May 18 – 19, 2013, there will be a live reading of On Kawara‘s One Million Years on both days. This presentation, which speaks to the passage and marking of time, will commemorate the 10th Anniversary of Dia:Beacon. Kawara‘s One Million Years consist of a male and female reader alternating the reading of Past and Future dates in numerical order. At Dia:Beacon, all readings will be done in hour-long sessions from 11 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday.

DIA would like to extend the opportunity at this time to students, patrons, staff and friends of Dia to participate in this unique work of art. To reserve a timeslot, please contact Kathleen Anderson at [email protected] or 845.440.0100.  Please feel free to share with friends and colleagues – and urge them to sign up for those Sundays slots!  The only requirement is that the readings must be done in English.

Theater and Performance and the LAIS Program present a lecture by
José Estaban Muñoz

“Feeling Brown: The Performativity of María Irene Fornés and Tania Bruguera”

Tania Bruguera, El Peso de la Culpa, 1997-99

Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 6:30 pm

Fisher Center, Resnick Theater Studio

Bard CDO announces two summer internship opportunities in Hudson, New York.

Please click on the link below for more information.

Summer Internships in Hudson