Art History and Visual Culture

Month: November 2015

  • Film Screening: The Desert of Forbidden Art

    A film by Tchavdar Georgiev and Amanda Pope Thursday, December 3, 7-9 pm Preston 110 How does art survive in a time of oppression? During the Soviet rule artists who stay true to their vision are executed, sent to mental hospitals or Gulags. Their plight inspires young Igor Savitsky. He pretends to buy state-approved art…

  • Alex Kitnick will give a talk at the Institute of Fine Arts NYU

    The Great Hall Exhibitions Events: Fall 2015 Step Into Liquid: Art and Art History in the Post-Fordist Era Friday, December 4, 2015 1:00pm to 6:00pm in the Lecture Hall The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU 1 East 78th Street Organized by Walead Beshty, with Rachel Heidenry ’11 and Eloise Maxwell Introduction: Remarks by Walead Beshty, 1:00-1:15pm…

  • Two PhD candidates from the BGC present their research

    New Perspectives in Design History, Decorative Arts, and Material Culture Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:30 pm RKC 103 Laszlo Z. Bito ’60 Auditorium Amber Winick: “Playing with Nationalism: A Century of Hungarian Design for Children.” Rebecca C. Tuite: “Fashioning a College Experience: The History of Seven Sisters Style.”  

  • THE  FRICK   COLLECTION 1 East 70th Street New York, N. Y. 10021 Undergraduate/Graduate Curatorial Internships 3-4 placements available for Spring semester 2016 Background The Frick Collection is an art museum consisting of more than 1,100 works of art from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century displayed in the intimate surroundings of the former home of…