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Sex, Lies, and Caricature: Scandalizing Lafayette in the French Revolution
Laura Auricchio is chairing the session New Scholars: Transforming Traditions in Eighteenth-Century Art. Dr. Auricchio is also presenting a paper on “Sex, Lies, and Caricature:…
Beyond the Body of the Queen: Critiquing Masculinity in the Pornography of the French Revolution
In April Laura Auricchio will give a lecture: “Beyond the Body of the Queen: Critiquing Masculinity in the Pornography of the French Revolution” at Skidmore…
Brown Bag Talk: "Geographical Practices and Uneven Development."
Recently, there has been a resurgence of land or site-based artistic practices, in which themes of site, territories, borders, and boundaries intersect with ecological, political…
Brown Bag Talk: "Petrified Curtains/Animated Architextiles."
This lecture will present research on the reciprocity of textiles and architecture. Contemporary textile-based structures will be viewed in light of the cultural conventions and…
Global Issues in Design and Visuality in the 21st Century
Susan Yelavich teaches Global Issues in Design and Visuality in the 21st Century: Culture. Open to the public, this junior seminar features guest speakers such…
Words and Works
Greg Newton is co-teaching a pilot section of Laboratory 2 called Words and Works. This new course combines Laboratory 2 and Critical Reading and Writing…
Re-dressing urban space during the 2010 Milan Furniture Fair
Susan Yelavich, visiting critic at Milan’s Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (NABA) since 2007, has been invited to return to NABA this March. With Milanese…
Faculty Member Chosen As Consultant for Exhibition
Assistant Professor of Art and Design Studies Sarah Lichtman was the consultant curator for Mid-Century Style and Studio Pottery, an exhibition that took place at…
"Here and Now: Chinese Artists in New York"
This exhibition showcases twelve contemporary artists of Chinese heritage, who over the last two decades have established their careers in the global metropolis of New…
Susan Yelavich recent publications
Yelavich, Susan. “Death and the Museum,” in Animal Logic. (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2009) NEED PAGES. The Swatch Watch,” in Design Studies Reader, eds….
Jilly Traganou’s forthcoming publication
‘Global Design History: A Travel Perspective’ in Glenn Adamson, Giorgio Riello, Sarah Teasley (ed.), Global Design History, London: Routledge, 2010 (in progress) ‘Tokyo 1964 Olympic…
