Architectural Sketching w/ architect Joel Berman

In-person workshop with materials provided.

During Open Studio, with food to follow. Meet at MADD Center (Crerar Library, 1st floor) by 5:10 PM to participate. Participation in all of both sessions (another session on February 23) strongly encouraged.

Please contact An Trinh (trinhhanhan@) if you have questions about this event.

Architectural Sketching w/ architect Joel Berman

In-person workshop with materials provided.

During Open Studio, with food to follow. Meet at MADD Center (Crerar Library, 1st floor) by 5:10 PM to participate. Participation in all of both sessions (another session on March 2) strongly encouraged.

Please contact An Trinh (trinhhanhan@) if you have questions about this event.

Wu Hung Awarded CAA 2022 Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art

Congratulations to Wu Hung (Harrie A.

Department of Art History Design Students Win $1.5 Million Grant for Proposal to Build Outdoor Infrastructure for Claremont Public School

The class "Children & Architecture", a studio/seminar hybrid course based in the Art History department and the Architectural Studies minor, completed two successful collaborations this fall with nearby schools. The first, in October 2021, asked UChicago students in the class to design and build sets of blocks, which they brought into the Lab School preschool for their "midterm" to play with, with the children there.

Porcelain, Material Culture, and Embodiment Panel with Q&A

Moderator: Wu Hung (UChicago)
Panelists: Meredith Martin (NYU), Judith Zeitlin (UChicago), Alicia Caticha (Northwestern), Ellen Huang (ArtCenter College of Design)

Registration required. REGISTER

Neil Harris on Paris 1925: French Illustrated Books Go to the Deco Fair

Books were everywhere at the 1925 International Exposition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in Paris.

Until now, little has been written about their actual exhibition. This highly illustrated presentation will explore the variety of the work displayed, and suggest some strategies employed by the publishers.

OI Museum Special Exhibition Lecture, "Persepolis After Lindon Smith: The Modernist Afterlife of the Ruins," with Talinn Grigor

This lecture is in connection with the OI Museum Special Exhibition, Joseph Lindon Smith: The Persepolis Paintings, on display January 27–August 28, 2022: https://oi100.uchicago.edu/jls

OI Museum Special Exhibition Opening Lecture, "Documenting Persepolis and the Paintings of Joseph Lindon Smith," with Kiersten Neumann

This lecture celebrates the opening of the OI Museum Special Exhibition, Joseph Lindon Smith: The Persepolis Paintings, curated by Kiersten Neumann and on display January 27–August 28, 2022: https://oi100.uchicago.edu/jls.

Chat About: Robyn + Claire

Themes to be discussed: Objects and people. Alienation and estrangement through abstraction. Asian femininity and the power dynamics of cuteness. Video in space. Attention, Silence, Abstraction, Writing, Performance, Time, Memory, Loss, Boundaries as Thresholds, Edges, Surfaces, Openings

Session 1 speakers: Caitlyn Au, Jack Schneider

Session 2 speakers: Elissa Osterland, Xinyang L. 

Chat About: Caitlyn

Themes to be discussed: body-based performance, installation, diaspora, latin america, pop, gender, sexuality, middle east, turkey, psychology, museums, mythology, worldbuilding

Session 1 speakers: Tina Wang, Hindley Wang, Carla Nunez-Hernandez

Session 2 speakers: Ceyhun Firat, Maria Kuran

These chats will have a hybrid format, capped at 25 people maximum in person. The in-person portion will take place in the Logan Center and registration will be required.