Art History and Visual Culture

Month: February 2016

Panel Discussion in Conjunction with Exhibit: Photographs of Educated Youth: Images of the Chinese Youth Sent to the Countryside during the Cultural Revolution 1966-1976

Curated by Patricia Karetzky, Oskar Munsterberg Chair of Asian Art, Bard College The show comprises twenty-five photographs of the Cultural Revolution in China from the perspective of the youth sent to the countryside. The photographer, Tang Desheng, a youth himself, embedded himself in the movement traveling throughout China for ten years documenting the lives of…

February 24, 2016
A Talk by Susan Aberth at NYU

Language of the Birds: Occult and Art 80WSE Gallery, New York University January 12 – February 13, 2016 Curated by Pam Grossman Opening reception: Wednesday, January 13, 6 – 8pm Hours: Tuesday – Saturday from 10:30am – 6pm Language of the Birds: Occult and Art considers over 60 modern and contemporary artists who have each…

February 3, 2016
Olga Touloumi to speak at CAA

On the Visual Front: Revisiting World War II and American Art Time: 02/05/2016, 9:30 AM—12:00 PM Location: Virginia Suite, Lobby Level Chairs: John W. Ott, James Madison University; Melissa Renn, Harvard Business School War Rooms and the Question of Mediation Olga Touloumi Targeting Asianness in World War II: Military Manuals, Visual Markers, and Racial Fictions…

February 2, 2016