Professor Greg Lindquist’s Hedda Sterne Class Visit Featured in Pratt News
Professor Greg Lindquist’s classes were hosted by Hedda Sterne Foundation. Details about the visit was featured in Pratt News. You can read more about it here. (The link will become…
Professor Marsha Morton Conference Talk at ESNA Conference
Professor Marsha Morton gave a conference talk “Old Faces in New Places: Leopold Carl Müller and Friends in Cairo” at ESNA (European Society for Nineteenth-Century Art) conference in the Hague,…
Professor Marsha Morton Conference Talk at the German Studies Association Conference
Professor Marsha Morton delivered a talk “Max Klinger’s Brahmsphantasie: Embodied Sounds” in a session sponsored by The Body Studies Network at the German Studies Association conference in Portland Oregon, October 4-6,…
Professor Morton Chaired Panel at the CAA Conference
Professor Morton chaired the session “Epidemics of Fear and Modern Medicine” at the CAA conference February 2021. This panel was also presented in April 2021 in the symposium series, “Spaces…
Congratulations to Professor Lindquist on His Review in Art Forum!
We congratulate Professor Greg Lindquist for his review on Erika Ranee’s Nacre. You can read it here.
Congratulations to Professor Lindquist on His Piece in Art Forum!
We congratulate Professor Greg Lindquist for his interview with Roxy Paine, “On deep time and material poetics”, which has been just posted on Art Forum.
Congratulations to Professor Gisolfi on Her Presentation
Professor Diana Gisolfi presented a paper entitled “Chiara Varotari” at the Renaissance Society of America conference in Dublin on March 31. Her paper contributes to an ongoing project of Save…
Congratulations to Professor Caterina Y. Pierre on the Recent Publication
We congratulate Professor Caterina Y. Pierre on her new publication of Attilio Piccirilli’s The Outcast (1904-08) and Eternal Youth (1935): Immigrant Instability and The Italian American Experience in the scholarly journal…
Congratulations to Professor Tashima Thomas on Her Recent Accomplishments
Professor Tashima Thomas and her co-editor Corina L. Apostol are the winners of the Apex Art Exhibition Open Call 2022-2023! Their exhibition, “Flora Fantastic: Eco-Critical Contemporary Botanical Art” will be…
Congratulations to Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter on Her Contribution to “Authorizing Early Modern European Women”
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter is a contributor to Authorizing Early Modern European Women, From Biography to Biofiction, Amsterdam University Press, 2021 with an “Interview with Dominic Smith, Author of The Last…
Congratulations to Professor Joyce C. Polistena on Her Latest Essay
Professor Joyce C. Polistena published an essay titled Harlem Valley Churches: Social Action and Interreligious Collaboration in West Harlem. Founded as an interdenominational, interfaith, interracial group wherein Black Catholics collaborated…
Congratulations to Professor Diana Gisolfi on Her Speech in Venice
Professor Diana Gisolfi will give a speech at an international conference in Venice on Dec.2nd. The presentation attempts to visualize the lost Renaissance organ casement based on the (somewhat altered)…
Congratuations to Professor Anca Lasc on the Recent Publication
Congratulations to Professor Anca Lasc that her edited volume (with Andrew McClellan and Änne Söll), Revisiting the Past in Museums and at Historic Sites, has just been published. Please click…
Graduate Student Visited Sculptor Silas Seandel
“Creating Exhibitions” HAD 635 Pratt MA/MLIS graduate students visit with metal and stone sculptor Silas Seandel in his Chelsea studio, with Professor Lisa A. Banner. 10/28/2021 The students are all…
Congratulations to the Chair of HAD, John Decker, on His Recent Edit
Congratulations to the Chair of HAD, John Decker, on a volume that he edited that was published recently by Routledge. Audience and Reception in the Early Modern Period, eds. John…
Congratulations to Professor Kimber Bobier’s Co-edited Journal Publication
Congratulations to Professor Kim Bobier’s new publication. Marisa Williamson and Kim Bobier’s co-edited special journal issue of Women & Performance, titled “Views from the Larger Somewhere; Race, Vision, and Surveillance.”…
Congratulations to Professor William Worth Bracken on the Recent Book Review
Congratulations to Professor William Worth Bracken on a book review that he published in the October issue of Sehepunkte, an online journal of book reviews published jointly by the University…
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS — Interior Provocations Symposium 2022: On Edge
Every year, current events affect the directions of research and culture, but the influence of the events of this year can not be overstated. Who can not say that the…
Join Dr. Layla Zami at the International Human Rights Art Festival
In partnership with the International Human Rights Art Festival, Dr. Layla Zami is facilitating a bi-monthly virtual Reading & Discussion Series on Civic Activity on Thursdays, 6.30 pm-7.30 pm (USA…
Join Professor Eva Diaz at R. Buckminster Fuller’s Creative Connections
Professor Eva Diaz will be speaking on a panel organized by Stanford University, titled “R. Buckminster Fuller’s Creative Connections,” at 7 pm Eastern time on Thurs. Oct. 14. This panel…
Congratulations to Professor Elena Rossi-Snook on Receiving a Grant from TFF
Professor Rossi-Snook, on behalf of The New York Public Library, received a $95,520 grant from The Film Foundation (TFF), with funding from the Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation (HLFF), in support of…
Congratulations to Professor Joyce Polistena on the publication at the Kentler Gallery
Professor Joyce Polistena published the essay on Richard Mock (1944-2006) for the current exhibition at the Kentler Gallery (on view June 12 – July 25). Mock was a much-admired activist…
Congratulations to Professor Horton for Receiving Distinguished Teacher Award for 2021-2022
Upon the recommendation of the Academic Senate and approval by the board of trustees, the Distinguished Teacher Award for 2021-2022 is presented to Adjunct Assistant Professor Heather Horton, from the…
Professor Babcock Gives Lecture at ARCE-MO on May 22, 2021
Professor Jennifer Babcock is giving a lecture at The American Research Center in Egypt Missouri Chapter (ARCE-MO) on May 22, 2021, titled “Infinite Canvases: Beyond the Sequential”. Time: Saturday, May 22,…
Professor Rokhgar Will Be Delivering a Virtual Talk at Save Venice on May 20th
Professor Negar Rokhgar will be delivering a virtual talk The Venetians Maneuver with the Persians to Repel Ottoman Aggression at Save Venice on Thursday, May 20 at 1 pm (ET).…
Congratulations to Professor Morton’s Book Launch on April 17
Professor Marsha Morton’s book Constructing Race on the Borders of Europe is being released with Bloomsbury Press at the beginning of May. Professor Morton would love to invite everyone to…
Professor Edwards Will Talk at the 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies on May 15
Professor Mary D. Edwards will be delivering a talk at the 56th International Congress on Medieval Studies, May 15, 2021, entitled “The Duchess and Her Paramour: A Medieval (?) Poem…
Professor Lindquist’s lecture with Tariku Shiferaw “Making Space” on March 1
Professor Greg Lindquist is hosting a series of lecture events for PAINT 4503: A Prehistory of Contemporary Art and PAINT 4516: Contemporary Art and its Critics with Professor David Borgonjon…
Congratulations to Dr. Rokhgar’s Upcoming Medici Archive Project Talk on Feb. 23
Dr. Negar Rokhgar is giving a talk on February 23, 2021, at 12 pm (ET) on Tuesday Ten Talks organized by the Medici Archive Project (MAP). The Tuesday Ten Talks…
Prof. Lasc Publishes Book Review in Journal of Design History
Congratulations to Professor Anca Lasc on publishing a book review of The Tastemakers: British Dealers and the Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1785–1865 in the Journal of Design History. The book review can…
Professor Hofrichter is Listed in Bloomsbury’s Forthcoming Visual Arts Titles!
Listed in Bloomsbury’s Forthcoming Visual Arts Titles, Women, Aging, and Art: A Crosscultural Anthology edited by Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter and Midori Yoshimoto has been published in February. About Women, Aging,…
Congratulations to Professor Lasc’s Book and is Now Available in Paperback
Professor Lasc’s book, Interior Decorating in Nineteenth-Century France: The Visual Culture of a New Profession, has recently been released as a paperback. For more details and purchase, please click here.…
Dr. Zami’s Book Launch March 16, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Layla Zami’s newly published book Contemporary PerforMemory. The book launch is on Tuesday, March 16, 2021, at 2:15 pm EST. Contemporary PerforMemory Book Launch / Artist Conversation…
Prof. Bobier Will Be Delivering a Talk for The Worcester Art Museum’s Master Series
Professor Kimberly Bobier will be delivering a virtual talk for the Worcester Art Museum’s Master Series on Thursday, Feb 18 at 6 PM. Professor Bobier’s talk Reginald Gammon: Notes on…
Interior Provocations 2021: MEMORY
Interior Provocations Symposium Recording and Transcript – Now available online You may view the symposium here, or by clicking the link: https://bit.ly/3cc2w1p. Interior Provocations 2021: MEMORY The fourth annual…
HA&D at CAA’s 2021 Annual Conference
The CAA Annual Conference and related programs provide the value of shared scholarship, research, and practice among members and those dedicated to the visual arts. They also provide the visual…
Dr. Babcock Gives Lecture at ARCE/NY
Dr. Jennifer Babcock is giving a lecture at The American Research Center in Egypt, New York Chapter (ARCE/NY) on January 28, 2021, titled “Aesop, Egypt, and the Origins and Reception…
Prof. Hofrichter Will Be the Speaker at the Talk “Rediscovering Judith Leyster” on Jan. 29
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter will join curator Nicole Cook to speak at the talk “Rediscovering Judith Leyster” hosted by The Philadelphia Museum of Art on Jan. 29, 12:00 p.m. –…
Congratulations to Professor Karnet on Her Upcoming Exhibition
Professor Sue Karnet will be part of Solas Studio’s Spring Showcase 2021 from March 1st – March 31st along with other artists living and working in NYC. This series of…
Join Professor Diaz at the Aperture Conversations on Jan. 21
Professor Eva Diaz will speak with director Matt Wolf in an online conversation Aperture has organized next Thursday, Jan. 21 at 7 pm. Overview: For more than a decade, the…
Congratulations to Professor Bobier’s published Article in “Art Journal”
Professor Kimberly Bobier’s article, “Queer (Be)Longing: Glenn Ligon’s Million Man March Series and the Civil Rights Movement’s Legacy”, has just been published in Art Journal‘s winter 2020 issue. You can…
Congratulations to Dr. Zami’s Newly Published Book
Congratulations to Dr. Layla Zami on her new publication Contemporary PerforMemory. Contemporary PerforMemory looks at dance works created in the 21st century by choreographers identifying as Afro-European, Jewish, Black,…
Dr. Decker Named as Reviews Editor for Renaissance Quarterly
Congratulations to Dr. John Decker for being named as the new Reviews Editor for Renaissance Quarterly. Click here to view the interview with Dr. John Decker and learn more…
Congratulations to Dr. Decker’s Article in Word & Image
Congratulations to HAD chairperson, John Decker’s recent published article of “By stages towards what we mean to say:” diegetic rupture as a tool of devotion in Word & Image. Article…
Professor Edwards Reads at the 45th International PMR & at the SECAC Conference
Mary D. Edwards read a paper at the 45th International Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Conference (PMR) On October 17 at Villanova University, entitled “The Doubled Image in Medieval and Renaissance…
Congratulations to Prof Lasc and Prof Zieve’s Upcoming Publication
Professor Anca l. Lasc and Professor Karyn Zieve have announced the publication of their forthcoming book in December 2020, Interior Provocations: History, Theory, and Practice of Autonomous Interiors edited volume…
Professor Lasc will moderate at an upcoming webinar on Oct. 21
Congratulations to Professor Lasc for moderating the upcoming webinar What is a Historic Interior? on October 21 with the SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG). The SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group (HIG) is…
Join Professor Eva Diaz for a Conversation with Jerry Saltz and Darby English…
Professor Eva Diaz is moderating this Sunday, October 4 at 7pm for the Brooklyn Book Festival. Info at https://brooklynbookfestival.org/ https://brooklynbookfestival.org/event/jerry-saltz-and-darby-english-in-conversation/
Congratulations to Professor Hofrichter’s Published Article in Connoisseurship: Essays in Honour of Fred G. Meijer
Professor Frima Hofrichter’s article for a festschrift, Connoisseurship: Essays in Honour of Fred G. Meijer came out on September 10th, 2020. The article is ” A Fresh Look at an Old Case:…
Professor Diaz will speak at the MoMA Forum on Contemporary Photography on Sept. 22
Cofounded by curators Roxana Marcoci and Eva Respini on February 16, 2010, and conceived as an experimental platform for free-form critical discussions, MoMA’s forums on contemporary photography are designed to…
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Congratulations to Professor Lasc for getting her work featured on NCSA
Professor Anca Lasc has just recently been featured in 19 Cents, an online blog of the Nineteenth-Century Studies Association: https://ncsaweb.net/2020/08/25/anca-lasc/ The NCSA are an interdisciplinary Association interested in…
Congratulations to Professor Hofrichter’s Published Article in the Oxford Bibliographies
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter has an article called “Gender and Art in the 17th Century” that has been published on Oxford Bibliographies in Art History and is available at www.oxfordbibliographies.com. A short excerpt from…
Congratulations to Professor Lasc’s Published Essay in “Design & Agency”
Professor Anca Lasc’ essay, “The Dry Goods Economist and the Role of Mass Media in the Creation of a Global Window Design Aesthetic at the End of the Nineteenth Century,”…
Congratulations to Professor Edwards’ Newly Published Book
Professor Mary Edwards has announced the publication of her book on doppelgangers, alter egos, mirror images and other doubles in 19th- and 20th-century Western art. It contains eighteen essays and an afterword. …
HA&D at SAH Annual Conference
This year Pratt will be well represented at the Society of Architectural Historians 73rd Annual International Conference. Assistant Professors Peter De Staebler and Erica Morawski will each be co-chairing panels. …
Professor Zami’s interview with the Brooklyn Rail
Professor Layla Zami was interviewed by the Brooklyn Rail with Oxana Chi and the conversation appeared in the April edition of the journal.The interview is about channeling the forgotten history…
Trip to view Christies’s Post War to Present Sale
Professor Frima Fox Hofrichter has taken several trips with her Senior Seminar class, Art and the Market. On March 3rd, 2020 the class was at Christie’s for the viewing of their Post…
Trip to the Whitney Museum’s Vida America Exhibition
On Sat Feb 29, Dr. Layla Zami took her Art & Social Justice undergraduate course to the Whitney Museum, along with other students from other HA&D courses.The class visited the…
Laura Arike will talk at SUNY New Paltz Art History Symposium
Laura Arike will give a talk at the SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium. When: Thursday, March 26, 2020 at 7 PM – 9 PM Where: CSB Auditorium, New Paltz, New York Title: Modern…
Professor Diaz will be Speaking at the MoMA Forum on Contemporary Photography
On February 16, 2010 curators Roxana Marcoci and Eva Respini co-founded the Forums on Contemporary Photography at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. The function of these events has…
HA&D at CAA 2020 Annual Conference
The CAA Annual Conference brings together over 5,000 art historians, artists, designers, and visual arts professionals in all stages of their careers. Each year we offer over 300 sessions, selected by the CAA Council of Readers and the Annual Conference Committee, representing the vast scholarship and…
Congratulations to Professor Wilkins for receiving the RSA Research Fellowship
Professor Sarah Wilkins received the Samuel H. Kress Research Fellowship in Renaissance Art from the Renaissance Society of America. She will use the research fellowship for research in Florence for…
Professor Wilkins’ Upcoming Talks
Professor Sarah Wilkins will be having two talks in Spring/Summer 2020. Renaissance Society of America 66th Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA (2-4 April 2020) Paper title: “A Tale of Two Vita…
Congratulations to Professor Polistena’s Recent Publication
Professor Joyce C. Polistena published a review of the Delacroix exhibition (Metropolitan Museum of Art 9/2018 – 1/2019) in Art Inquiries, which is a peer-reviewed journal of scholarly articles on art, art…
Professor Lasc and Professor Morawski at CAA’s 2020 Annual Conference
Professor Anca Lasc will be presenting a paper titled “Designed in Wax: Creating and Selling the Modern Woman, Business as Usual” in a session titled Women in a World Designed by Men on…
Professor Polistena’s Sabbatical Note
Professor Joyce C. Polistena, on sabbatical in Spring 2019, traveled to Tangier, Morocco (photos), Bologna, and Ravenna, Italy. The time apart from teaching allowed Polistena to write and publish two…
Professor Lasc has founded the SAH Historic Interiors Affiliate Group
The Society of Architectural Historians is excited to announce the creation of SAH Affiliate Groups, a new type of special interest body comprised of SAH members who share a common,…
Professor Horton Presents About “Teaching and Learning in the First Year”
Professor Heather Horton participated in the AICAD Symposium: INCLUDE ME! Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Otis College of Art and Design. Together with Heather Lewis (Art and Design Education) and…
The Weird Bauhaus: Talk & Discussion
The Weird Bauhaus – What is Left, What Inspires Us? Performative Innovation at the Bauhaus and Beyond When: Thursday, November 21st, 6pm Where: Myrtle Hall 4E-03 Who: Sigrid Pawelke…
Join Elene Pasuri on the Lecture: Workers of Culture
Workers of Culture: The Purpose of Art in the Soviet and early Post-Soviet Era In March 1932 during the height of a great famine under Stalin’s rule, Pravda and Izvestiya, two central Soviet…
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS “Interior Provocations Symposium 2020: Memory”
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Interior Provocations Symposium 2020: Memory The fourth annual Interior Provocations symposium, Memory, held at the Ryerson School of Interior Design on March 28, 2020 and co-hosted with Pratt Institute,…
Conference Lectures by Marsha Morton
Professor Morton delivered a talk, “Max Klinger’s Brahmsphantasie: Embodied Sounds,” in a session sponsored by The Body Studies Network at the German Studies Association in Portland Oregon, October 4-6, 2019. The lecture…
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Professor Lasc will be speaking at Hagley’s Fall Conference
Professor Anca Lasc will be speaking at Hagley’s Fall Conference on Friday, November 8, 2019 in the Hagley Library, Wilmington, Delaware. The 2019 fall conference will convene an international group of scholars concerned…
Professor Diaz on The Review Panel at the Brooklyn Public Library
Professor Eva Diaz is on the Review Panel at the Brooklyn Public Library. The review panel allows for an evening of critical conversation about art with David Cohen as the…
Join Professor Walkiewicz at the Un-Fair Trades Conference
Join Alice Walkiewicz at the Un-Fair Trades Conference. Please find information below regarding the upcoming conference, “Un-Fair Trades: Artistic Intersections with Social and Environmental Injustices in the Atlantic World.”…
Congratulations to Professor Bobier’s Published Chapter
Professor Kim Bobier recently got a chapter published in the publication of Routledge’s Social Practice Art in Turbulent Times: The Revolution Will Be Live. The book includes her chapter “Reframing Resistance and Surveillance…
Join Professor Robertson’s workshops this Fall 2019
Learning While Teaching: Out of Your Comfort Zone Our classrooms are increasingly diverse. Culturally sensitive and pedagogically conscientious teachers want to be inclusive of all of the students’ cultural heritage,…