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“Secrecy in the Decorative Arts and Design”
Scholars of the decorative arts, art history and related fields will present papers will such issues as privacy and private space; the secret life of…
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…
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…
Flirting with the Decorative, Risking Infection: Abstract Painting and the Easel Picture's 'Crisis' in 1950s New York
In November 2009 Greg Newton gave a talk “Flirting with the Decorative, Risking Infection: Abstract Painting and the Easel Picture’s ‘Crisis’ in 1950s New York.”…
“Here and Now” panel discussions
In 2009/2010 Zhijian Qian organized a series of panel discussions to coincide with the exhibition Here and Now: Chinese Artists in New York at the…
The post-national-polis
On October 25, 2009, Jilly Traganou gave an invited talk and participated in a roundtable discussion organized by the European Alternatives within the framework of…
The Attractions of Travel: Can Architects Still Travel Today?
On October 23, 2009, Jilly Traganou gave an invited talk in the ‘Architecture and Travel’ conference, in Bartlett School of Architecture, London. Her talk was…
Lafayette’s New World Trees
Laura Auricchio presented a paper “Lafayette’s New World Trees” at the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Conference, Richmond, VA, 2009.
Priapic Politics in French Revolutionary Caricature
Laura Auricchio presented a paper “Priapic Politics in French Revolutionary Caricature” at a symposium in honor of Natalie Boymel Kampen at Barnard College, New York,…
Royalists and Revolutionaries: Women Artists in the Age of Revolution
Laura Auricchio gave a lecture “Royalists and Revolutionaries: Women Artists in the Age of Revolution” as part of the International Women’s Day program at the…
