A Conversation with Helen Molesworth

Christine Merhing will moderate a conversation with Los Angeles based writer, podcaster, and curator Helen Molesworth.

In 2023 Phaidon published Open Questions, Thirty Years of Writing About Art, an anthology of her essays. Her podcasts include: Death of an Artist, a 6-part podcast about the intertwined fates of Carl Andre and Ana Mendieta, and “Recording Artists” with The Getty. She is also the host of DIALOGUES, a podcast that features interviews with artists, writers, fashion designers, and filmmakers hosted by the David Zwirner Gallery.

Anselm Screening with Discussion led by Christine Mehring

ANSELM

Germany • Director: Wim Wender • 93m

A majestic follow up to his 2011 tour-de-force Pina, Wim Wenders’ latest 3D documentary is another luminous portrait of an iconoclastic artist, Anselm Kiefer, one of the most innovative painters and sculptors of our time. Wenders traces Kiefer’s path from his native Germany to his current home in France, connecting his life and controversial work over five decades in a mesmerizing visual experience.

Jenny Harris Discusses Ray Johnson's Ties to the Dance World in the New York Times

Jenny Harris (PhD candidate) discusses the discovery of a group of early collages that tells a new story about Johnson's ties to dance and the dance world. You can read the full article here.

Meg Jackson Fox Appointed Director of the Feiltler Center for Academic Inquiry and Head of Education

Vanja V. Malloy, the Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago announced today the appointment of Meg Jackson Fox as Director of the Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry and Head of Education.

Ephemeral Architectures: early performance and video art from China

Ephemeral Architectures: early performance and video art from China

Beginning of the Year Celebration

Come celebrate the new school year with our students and faculty in the courtyard in front of Cochrane-Woods Art Center.

Chelsea Foxwell appointed Director of the Center for East Asian Studies

Chelsea Foxwell, Associate Professor of Art History, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, has been appointed the Director of the Center of East Asian Studies. 

Her work focuses on Japan’s artistic interactions with the rest of East Asia and beyond, nihonga and yōga (Japanese oil painting); “export art” and the world’s fairs; practices of image circulation, exhibition, and display; and the relationship between image-making and the kabuki theater.

VMPEA: Susan Huang

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