The Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB) announced the appointment of Yesomi Umolu, the Curator of Logan Center Exhibitions and Lecturer in the Departments of Art History and Visual Arts, as the artistic director of the 2019 Chicago Architecture Biennial.
The 2018 Meetings of the Midwest Conference on Mesoamerican Archaeology and Etnnohistory will be held at the University of Chicago on March 16-17. The keynote speech by Hattula Moholy-Nagy, “Lowland Maya Archaeology in a Gilded Age: The University of Pennsylvania Museum’s Tikal Project,” begins at 5 pm on Friday evening. Presentations on Saturday address questions of materiality, ideology, and continuity in tradition from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.
The Smart Museum of Art is launching a center focused on integrating object-driven inquiry throughout the University of Chicago.
The Feitler Center for Academic Inquiry will provide a new resource for UChicago students, artists and faculty across disciplines—from art history to the physical sciences. It will be a destination for scholars and community members to engage in interdisciplinary research, learning and conversations driven by the study and experience of original works of art.
Claudia Brittenham, Associate Professor of Art History and the College has received a National Endowment for the Humanities award for the 2018-2019 academic year. Brittenham plans to use her fellowship to finish her book project, “Unseen Art: Memory, Vision, and Power in Ancient Mesoamerica. Brittenham’s book will examine the conditions under which ancient art was viewed and experienced, focusing particularly on ancient practices opposed to modern models of museum display.
Down with Monuments? On the Making and Unmaking of Public Monuments
Urban Art and the Block: Nature, Gardens, and Landscape
In the format of a conversation, participants will speak to how the role of aesthetics in their practice/work intersects with their interest in gardens, landscape, and urban nature.
Dinner will be served, and space is limited.
Currency Exchange Cafe, 305 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Urban Art and the Block: Places - Making, Unmaking, and Unmasking
Urban Art and the Block: Film Screening of Selections from The Area by David Schalliol in conversation with Jacqueline Stewart
Evening film-screening of selections from David Schalliol’s The Area followed by David in conversation with Jackie Stewart. The Area is a documentary film about the recent displacement of a South Side Chicago neighborhood demolished to make way for an intermodal freight yard.
Popularized Landscapes: Pictures of Landscape in Tombs in Yuan China (1271—1368)
Professor DENG Fei, Associate Researcher in Chinese Art History, National Institute of Advanced Humanistic Studies, Fudan University | Visiting Scholar, Harvard-Yenching Institute
Current Encounters: Water Imagery in John La Farge and Okakura Kakuzō
Professor Noriko Murai, Associate Professor of Art History, Sophia University