Art History and Visual Culture

Month: October 2014

  • MASS MoCa Internships

      has  several internships available for the upcoming 2015 winter/spring season. Below you will find links to the full descriptions and an application for this season. Dates of internships: Monday, January 5, 2015 – Monday, May 25, 2015 Application deadline: Wednesday, November 5, 2014. Apply here! Internship Descriptions * (2) Stage Tech / Production *…

  • The Empty Room and the End of Man

    Assistant Professor Fine Arts and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University Robert Slifkin will give a talk “The Empty Room and the End of Man” During the 1960s and early 1970s many artists in the United States created works that through their monumental scale, use of refracted light, and architectonic enclosures encouraged viewers…

  • The Infernal Desire Machine of Angela Carter

    The Infernal Desire Machine of Angela Carter: Selections from the Bradford Morrow Collection Angela Carter (1940-1992) was one of the most prolific and innovative writers of her time.  In his introduction to her collected stories, Burning Your Boats, Carter’s friend Salman Rushdie deemed her work “by turns formal and outrageous, exotic and demotic, exquisite and…

  • Leonora Carrington: Invitation, Invocation and Manifestation

    Saturday, October 25, 2014 2pm – 3pm Leonora Carrington: Invitation, Invocation and Manifestation Prof. Susan Aberth (Bard College) From her first widely exhibited work, Inn of the Dawn Horse (Self Portrait), executed while only twenty-one in 1938, the artist Leonora Carrington used the act of painting to invoke and harness unseen forces. Through the depiction…

  • Parkett

     is one of the most comprehensive and innovative international book series on contemporary art. Published biannually each volume focuses on three to four of the world’s most compelling artists, whose oeuvre is explored in three to four texts by renowned authors. At the same time each artist creates a limited edition work exclusively for the…

  • Majors’ Event

    The Art History Program will hold its Majors’ Event on Wednesday, November 5th in the Faculty Dining Room.  Art History faculty will meet with majors and interested students to discuss the Spring 2015 course offerings.  Three alumni will speak of their lives after Bard, their failures and successes, giving tips and networking advise to current…

  • “Sanctified Sandals” – Barry Flood to Lecture

    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…

  • Metropolitan Museum Field Trip

    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.