Archive | January, 2018
Roundtable Conversation: At the Intersection of Art, Neuroscience, and Perception
31 Jan
Monday, February 5, 6:30 pm
Skirball Center, 566 La Guardia Place
Moderated by Lynn Gumpert, Director, Grey Art Gallery, and Eric Klann, Professor and Chair of Neural Science, both NYU; with speakers Teresita Fernández, artist; Eric Kandel, Nobel laureate, University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University; and Robert Whitman, artist, who will discuss the relationships between mind, brain, perception, and art.
Co-sponsored by NYU’s Center for Neural Science, Skirball Center, and Grey Art Gallery.
Free of charge with required RSVP here
All programs are subject to change.
Please note: The Grey Art Gallery is normally closed on Mondays—but will open to the public following this event to allow audience members to view the Beautiful Brain exhibition. The gallery will close at 9:00 pm.
Offered in conjunction with the exhibition The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal on view at the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, NYC, January 9–March 31, 2018.
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Ohio University Graduate Student Art History Symposium: Deadline Extended to February 26, 2018
29 Jan
Rawson Projects
23 Jan
Like A Gas Station In The Arctic #1, 2017. Ink on paper. 60 x 68 inches
ALLEN GLATTER
LIKE A GAS STATION IN THE ARCTIC
RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST: FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 FROM 6–8 PM
EXHIBITION CONTINUES THROUGH MARCH 11, 2018
For more information click here
For inquiries please contact the gallery at info@rawsonprojects.com or call646 275 4701
Exhibition at Bruce Museum co-curated by DAH alumna, Ksenia Nouril
22 JanFebruary 13, 2018: Evening Science Lecture “Out of the Secret World: Cosmic Visions in the Soviet Imagination” by Dr. Asif Siddiqi, Professor, Department of History, Fordham University. Reception at 6:30 PM and talk from 7:00 – 8:00 PM.
February 27, 2018: Evening Lecture “Building Dreamworlds, Facing Catastrophes: Art, Science, and the Cold War.” by Ksenia Nouril, Co-Curator, Hot Art in a Cold War: Intersections of Art and Science in the Soviet Era. Reception at 6:30 PM and talk from 7:00 – 8:00 PM.
March 8, 2018: An Evening with Corey Flintoff, Former NPR correspondent, Russia and ex-Soviet countries, 6-8 PM.
March 13, 2018: Marianne Smith Memorial Lecture “Sweet Ideology of Soviet Space Dogs during Cold War” by Dr. Olesya Turkina, Senior Research Fellow, State Russian Museum, St Petersburg. Reception at 6:30 PM and talk from 7:00 – 8:00 PM.
April 9, 2018: Morning Art Lecture by Vitaly Komar, artist. 10:00-11:00 AM.
April 23, 2018: Morning Art Lecture by Dr. Courtney Doucette, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of History, Connecticut College. 10:00 – 11:00 AM.
April 24, 2018: Evening Art Lecture by Dr. Jane A. Sharp, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Reception at 6:00 PM and talk from 6:30 – 7:30 PM.
Professor Kathryn A. Smith elected a Councillor of the Medieval Academy of the America
5 Jan
The Medieval Academy of America is pleased to announce the election of Kathryn A. Smith, New York University Professor of Art History, to the Council of the Medieval Academy of America, for a three-year term (2018-21).
The Medieval Academy of America is the largest organization in the world promoting excellence in the field of medieval studies, representing more than 3500 medievalists in North America and worldwide. It was founded in 1925 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Academy publishes the quarterly journal Speculum and awards prizes, grants, and fellowships. The Council is the governing body of the Medieval Academy, functioning as its Board of Directors. For more information about the Medieval Academy of America, please visit the organization’s website.
Professor Smith previously served on the Planning and Program Committee for the Academy’s Annual Meeting when it was held in New York (2002), and on the Committee to select the winners of the Haskins Medal (2012-15; as Chair 2014-15), awarded annually by the Academy for a distinguished book in the field of medieval studies.
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