PhD Program in Art History, The Graduate Center, CUNY

19 Mar Monday: Jennifer Ball to Discuss the Influence of Arab Lands on Textile Arts during the Renaissance

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Before the Renaissance, Arab material goods—including textiles, ceramics, and glass—were more sophisticated than their European counterparts. Beginning in the 11th century, the Crusaders became aware of this region, followed by explorers and tradesmen exchanged both objects and ideas. Over time, Europeans assimilated Arab techniques, motives and aesthetics.

18 Mar Anna Indych-López at the Association for Latin American Art’s Triennial Conference

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This Saturday, Professor Indych-López will give a paper titled "Judith Baca's The Great Wall of Los Angeles: A Public Art of Contestation" at the Association for Latin American Art's Fourth Triennial Conference at the de Young Museum in San Francisco.

18 Mar Required Reading: Recent Writing by GC Students

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A survey of recent online publishing by students in the PhD program in Art History:

16 Mar Shift: Space, Alterity, Art

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Please join us Thursday, March 17^th from 2:30pm to 8:00pm for Shift: Space, Alterity, Art, a conference exploring how an image, an art object, and/or performance can not only refer to some past occurrence, but can also perform and project its agency into a world beyond its initial presentation.

15 Mar Tonight: Professor Marta Gutman to Present Rewald Research in Progress Talk

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Please join us for Professor Marta Gutman's (CUNY Graduate Center & Spitzer School of Architecture, City College) talk on "I.S. 201: Space, Race, and Modern Architecture in Harlem" (Tuesday, March 15th 5:30-7:00pm, Room 3416)

08 Mar This Evening: David Joselit with Aileen Agopian on Contemporary Middle Eastern Art

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Middle-Eastern art expert Aileen Agopian joins in a conversation with GC distinguished professor David Joselit. Agopian, an expert purveyor of Middle-Eastern and North-African contemporary art, joined Sotheby’s in 2011. The Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue Proshansky Auditorium March 08, 2016: 7:00 PM Presented in partnership with New York Live Arts as part...

01 Mar Tonight: Professor Rachel Kousser to Present Rewald Research in Progress Talk

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This evening, Professor Rachel Kousser will deliver a lecture on "Iconoclasm and Iconophilia in Ancient Greece" (Tuesday, March 1, 5:30-7:00pm, Room 3416).

29 Feb Patricia Mainardi Receives Knighthood from the French Government

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Last night, GC Professor Emerita and alumna Patricia Mainardi was honored as a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques.

26 Feb Student News Roundup: February 2016

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As February comes to an end and the semester kicks into high gear, we'd like to highlight a few recent students news items:

18 Nov Friday: Professor Katherine Manthorne on the Cisneros Collection and Latin American Art

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Professor Manthorne will discuss her work with the Cisneros Collection of Latin American art and her recent publication Traveler Artists: Landscapes of Latin America from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection at the New York Academy of Arts on Friday, November 20, at 6:30 PM. The publication was...