Thursday, April 4, 2019
Hemmerdinger Hall, Room 102
Silver Center for Arts and Science
32 Waverly Place, or 31 Washington Place
New York, NY 10003
(Enter at 31 Washington Place for wheelchair access)
1:00pm WELCOME
Matthew Santirocco, NYU
1:15pm Ovid and the Triumph of Art
Katharina Volk, Columbia University
2:00pm Fear and Wonder: Natura naturans, from Ovid to Leonardo
Dennis Geronimus, NYU
2:45pm BREAK
3:00pm Ovid and the Metamorphosis of Poetry into Painting
Louise Rice, NYU
3:45pm Modern Metamorphoses from Pablo Picasso to Wangechi Mutu
Pepe Karmel, NYU
4:30pm Dennis Geronimus and Wally Reinhardt in conversation
5:00pm BREAK
5:30pm KEYNOTE SESSION
The Metamorphosis in the Garden
Alessandro Barchiesi, NYU
Rapture and Deceit: Ovidian Viewpoints in Roman Art
Bettina Bergmann, Mount Holyoke College
7:30pm RECEPTION
Presented by The NYU Center for Ancient Studies, in conjunction with the Grey Art Gallery and the Department of Art History. Cosponsored by the NYU College of Arts and Science.
This event is free and open to the public, but an RSVP is required. To RSVP, please visit this weblink: https://goo.gl/forms/VqSyeb0UHYjDEB3K3 For more information, contact the NYU Center for Ancient Studies at 212/992-7978 or at ancient.studies@nyu.edu
Offered in conjunction with Metamorphoses: Ovid According to Wally Reinhardt, on view at the Grey Art Gallery, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, NYC, January 9–April 6, 2019. Also on view:Fritz Ascher: Expressionist.
For information on the exhibition, please visit greyartgallery.nyu.edu