VMPEA: Maya Stiller
Elite Graffiti, Kinship, and Social Capital: Pilgrimages to Kŭmgangsan in Pre-1900 Korea
RAVE: CAA Presentation Session
This is a special RAVE session for graduate students presenting at CAA. Nancy Lin, Maggie Borowitz, and possibly Hanne Graversen and Max Koss will be soliciting presentation feedback before they submit their pre-recorded talks to CAA in early January.
Nancy Lin, "Between Performance and Documentation: Song Dong's 'Performative Futility’"
Show curated by Wu Hung named one of the defining exhibitions of the 2000s by Art in America
In a survey of ground-breaking shows that have led the way to the present, Art in America recognized “Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China” as one of the exhibitions that defined the discussions of contemporary art in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
Christine Zappella Papanastassiou awarded Carl S. Meyer Prize
Congratulations to Christine Zappella Papanastassiou (Ph.D. Candidate, Art History) for being awarded the Carl S.
The Everlasting Bloom: A Discussion with Curator Dr. Yen Chuan-ying
Dr. Yen is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan and curator of the exhibition "Everlasting Bloom: Rediscovering Taiwanese Modern Art," which runs at the Museum of the National Taipei University of Education (MONTUE) this fall. She received her Ph.D. in History of Art from Harvard University and previously served as the Director of the Graduate Institute of Art Studies, National Central University.
Claudia Brittenham on Asynchronous Courses
As the university transitions to remote learning for the remainder of the autumn quarter, Claudia Brittenham (Associate Professor, Art History and the College) discusses strategies with asynchronous teaching in a recent interview with Online Pedagogy Assistant Katie Bevil of Remote Humanities
Panel Discussion: Claudia Wieser in Conversation
Join the Smart Museum of Art and EXPO CHICAGO for a live-streamed discussion with Claudia Wieser.
During the event, Wieser reflects on the myriad of influences that inform her work - from the democratic stage of ancient Roman forums to the esoteric principles of Bauhaus craftsmanship - to produce immersive spatial installations.
In conversation with artist Claudia Wieser are Jennifer Carty, Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Smart Museum, and Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.
So you want to go to Architecture School?
'So you want to go to Architecture School?' is a virtual panel and Q&A with UChicago graduates on architecture school applications. It will be moderated by Luke Joyner, Lecturer, Art History and will feature:
Neubauer Collegium Director's Lecture | "Embracing a Complicated Relationship: Indigenous Museum Practices "
Over the past 30 years, museum institutions have learned to engage with tribal communities more directly in the stewardship of their cultural materials. Stemming from federal mandates around the repatriation of human remains and objects of cultural patrimony, practices of consultation, and recognition of community protocols have become more commonplace in museum venues. Despite these efforts, differing ideologies of care and collaboration between museum institutions and tribal communities remain an ongoing issue of negotiation and, at times, tension.
YOU BE MY ALLY: The Nexus of Art and Politics with David Joselit and Jordan Carter
This conversation will consider the intersection of art and politics, creativity and activism, in Jenny Holzer’s YOU BE MY ALLY and other artworks created in the context of the November 2020 and past elections as well as similar moments in history. David Joselit is a leading scholar of 20th-century modern art and postwar American art. He is a Professor of Art, Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University, editor of October, and author of numerous books, including Feedback: Television Against Democracy (2007) and Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization (2020).