The 2022-23 academic year has been an active and exciting one thanks to the creativity and energy of the Fine Arts Society, the Department of Art History’s CAS student club. The goal of the Society is the creation of a community of NYU students interested in art, art history, and visual culture. Through visits to museums and galleries both within and without New York City as well as walking tours, lectures, symposia, and film screenings, the Fine Arts Society brings art history majors and non-majors together, with lively discussions.
Tremendous thanks and hearty congratulations go to all of the club’s officers and board members, some of whom are Fine Arts Society veterans, for their enthusiasm and commitment. This year’s officers are Co-presidents Lux Blum (Gallatin, with concentrations in Art History and Museum Studies, French minor ‘23) and Jaiden Sanchez (Art History, with Italian Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, and Studio Art minors ‘23); Treasurer Natalia Palacino (Studio Art/Philosophy ‘23); Social Media Coordinator Maddie Erickson (Gallatin, with a concentration in Art History ‘23); Secretary Jacklyn van der Colff (Art History/Anthropology ’23); and Executive Board members Natalia Zamora (Gallatin, with a concentration in Art History and International Relations, and a Spanish minor’25) and Julia Elena Catacutan (English/Art History ‘24).
Thanks also go to Professor Michele Matteini for his dedicated service as the club’s faculty advisor, and to Professor Emilie Boone, who took over the role this semester.
The first of the Society’s events in Fall, 2022 was a gallery walk in Chelsea on October 22nd that included visits to Gladstone, Matthew Marks, Hauser & Wirth, and Jack Shainman galleries. One week later on October 29th club members ventured further uptown to the New York Historical Society to view the exhibit “The Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming.” November was an equally busy month. On the 11th club members checked out the exhibit “Ashley Bryan & Langston Hughes: Sail Away” at the Morgan Library & Museum, and on the 19th they took in “Ritual and Memory: The Ancient Balkans and Beyond,” an exhibition at NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW). The club rounded out the semester with Trivia Night, held on December 8th (the author wishes she could have been a fly on the wall for that event!).
On March 4th the club visited the exhibit “DOMESTICANX” at El Museo del Barrio, and on March 25th members took the A train up to the Met Cloisters. Along with the spectacular permanent collection and equally spectacular setting, club members would have had the opportunity to view the new exhibition “Rich Man, Poor Man: Art, Class, and Commerce in a Late Medieval Town” curated by Dr. Melanie Holcomb, who is a visiting professor in the Department of Art History this semester.
The Society has several events planned for April, including a trip to Fotografiska on April 8th, and a floral stamp workshop with a discussion of “Georgia O’Keeffe: To See Takes Time,” opening imminently at MoMA.
The eagerly-awaited Young Professional Career Symposium and Professional Career Symposium are scheduled respectively for April 20th and April 27th this year.
Stay informed by following the Society on facebook or instagram (@nyufas). All updates and messages are issued through NYU Engage: https://engage.nyu.edu/organization/fine-arts-society. Look for the club there under NYU FAS and join us to stay in the loop!
Kudos to the Fine Arts Society for sponsoring a year of exciting activities, even in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Fine Arts Society is the CAS student club of the Department of Art History and Program for Urban Design and Architecture Studies. The goal of the Society is the creation of a community of NYU students interested in art, art history, and visual culture. Through visits to museums and galleries both within and without New York City, as well as walking tours, lectures, symposia, and film screenings, the Fine Arts Society brings art history majors and non-majors together, with lively discussions.
Tremendous thanks and hearty congratulations go to all of the club’s officers and board members for their enthusiasm, commitment, and creativity during this challenging academic year. This year’s officers are Co-presidents Anna Sujin Leckie and Daniel Kuzinez, both Art History majors and graduating seniors (congratulations!). Lux Blum, a sophomore in Gallatin, was Social Chair, while junior Art History major Jaiden Sanchez, senior Mathematics major Fahy Gao, and Gallatin sophomore Maddie Ericksson served on the Society’s Executive Board. Great thanks also go to Professor Michele Matteini, who served again this year as the club’s faculty advisor.
The Society hosted a number of virtual events in fall. Officers kicked off the new academic year with a general meeting, followed by a tour of the Frick Collection, a virtual viewing and discussion of the TEFAF (The European Fine Art Foundation) fair (November 1), a Fine Arts Society Art Quiz (December 8), and a Metropolitan Museum of Art Highlights Tour (February 4).
The Society’s rich roster of spring, 2021 activities included an event on “Race, Gender, and Intermedia Art Practice in Paris c. 1900” organized by Jaiden (February 26); a Kamoinge Workshop Talk by Lux (March 3); a viewing of FIAC (International Contemporary Art Fair), with discussion led by Lux (March 6); analysis by Professor Matteini of Christie’s Asian Auction Week Highlights, an event organized by Daniel and Anna (March 16); and a virtual tour of the Armory Show led by Fahy (March 28). Daniel organized a reading by Professor Pepe Karmel from his new book, Abstract Art: A Global History (April 1). Jaiden led a virtual tour of the Indigenous Art Show at the Museum of Indian Arts (April 10), while Anna and Maddie led the David Hockney virtual tour at the Morgan Library at the end of the month (April 29). The Society closed out the year on May 6 with its popular Career Symposium, organized by co-presidents Anna and Daniel.
Thanks again go to all involved in the Fine Arts Society for making this unusual year such a success.
Join the Fine Arts Society via Zoom on Thursday, May 6 at 7:00 PM to hear from a panel of esteemed professionals about their experiences navigating career pathways in the art world. Panelists are:
Stephan Wolohojian – Curator, European Paintings, The Metropolitan Museum Michele Marincola – Professor of Conservation, The Institute of Fine Arts David Pollack – Senior Vice President, Sotheby’s Randy Schoenberg – Attorney specializing in the recovery of looted or stolen artworks
Ink & Image Ink & Image is seeking new E-Board members for the upcoming academic year. Ink & Image is the Art History Department’s student-run, student-published academic journal for original research in the field of visual arts. The completed publication is sent to libraries across the world, which in the past have included: the Getty Research Institute Library, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library, the Technical University of Dresden, the British Library, and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. This is a rare opportunity to get your original research workshopped, published and circulated. We are looking for both editors and layout designers. This opportunity provides students with the ability to work collaboratively and think creatively. If you have any questions please email nyuinkandimage@gmail.com. Deadline is April 20th. Sign up here.
FAS The Fine Arts Society is seeking new E-Board members for the upcoming academic year. The Fine Arts Society is a student-organized CAS club with the goal of creating a community of students interested in art history and all visual culture. Pre-pandemic we often hosted museum and gallery trips, as well as our highly anticipated annual Career Symposium. As a result of the pandemic we have moved all events online. Students who love working as a team, enjoy facilitating events, and thinking creatively about utilizing online platforms are highly encouraged to apply. Should you have any questions please feel free to contact asl587@nyu.edu or dk3271@nyu.edu. Deadline is April 20th. Sign up here.
The Fine Arts Society is having a banner year in 2018-19 thanks to the creativity and energy of its officers and board members and the participation of students at large. The goal of the Society is the creation of a community of NYU students interested in art, art history, and visual culture. Through visits to museums and galleries both within and without New York City as well as walking tours, lectures, symposia, and film screenings, the Fine Arts Society brings art history majors and non-majors together, with lively discussions.
Tremendous thanks and hearty congratulations go to all of the club’s officers and board members for their enthusiasm, commitment, and organizational chops. This year’s officers are Co-presidents Eduardo Sotomayor (Art History; Business minor ’19) and Tony Cui (Art History ’19), Treasurer Lane Bhutani (Gallatin; Italian minor ’19), PR/Marketing Executive Chantal Chen (Art History; French minor ’19), Secretary Xiaolu Wu (Art History; East Asian Studies minor ’20), and Executive Board members Emily Schechter (Art History; History minor ’19) and Sara Miranda (Art History; Steinhardt Digital Art and Design minor ’20). Followers of this blog will note how many of this year’s officers are Fine Arts Society veterans who bring long experience with the club to their excellent work this year. Thanks also go to Professor Michele Matteini, who serves again this year as the club’s faculty advisor.
The Society started off the new academic year by thinking outside the box — and by venturing outside the halls and classrooms of the third floor of Silver Center — holding a Club Fest and Recruitment evening in the Kimmel Center. More than 80 students added their names to the club’s mailing list during this event, which took place on September 5th. A week later (September 12th) the Society held its annual fall Welcome Party/Meet-and-Greet in the Department of Art History. More than 30 enthusiastic students reconnected after the summer break and learned about the Society’s activities and planned events, fortified by plentiful pizza.
A scant three days later (September 15th) the Society sponsored what has become one of its most popular events: a Chelsea Gallery Tour. This year more than 25 students spent a stimulating day visiting Pace, David Zwirner, and Lisson galleries. On November 15th, 15 lucky students attended a guided tour, led by a museum educator, of the spectacular “Delacroix” exhibitionat the Met.
The Society inaugurated the spring semester with a Welcome Back Event held at The Rubin Museum of Art. On February 1st, 10 fortunate students attended the celebration of the opening of the exhibition “Faith and Empire: Art and Politics in Tibetan Buddhism.” As readers of this blog and others will know, Beth Citron (Ph.D. History of Art, University of Pennsylvania ’09), an alumna of the Department of Art History, is Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Rubin.
The club’s plans for the coming months include a weekend day trip to Dia:Beacon in upstate New York for 15 lucky students, to take place in March; an excursion in April to The Met Cloisters in Fort Tryon Park, NY; and the highly anticipated annual events, the Young Professionals Symposium and the Professional Symposium, both in May. The former event will feature presentations and career-oriented advice from young museum curators, educators, and gallerists; at the latter event, curators, museum and gallery directors, and other more established art world professionals will give presentations, to be followed by a Q&A. If you know of any art world professional (a curator, professor, mentor, boss, friend, or family member) who you think would be a great speaker in either professional symposium, please contact the Society through facebook or instagram.
The Society will host an end-of-year picnic and graduation party in Washington Square Park in May.
Stay informed by following the Society on facebook or instagram (@nyufas). All important updates and messages will be issued through NYU Engage. Look for the club there under NYU FAS and join us to always stay in the loop!
A new executive board, along with two new co-presidents and a treasurer will be selected in May and will be responsible for the Fine Arts Society next year. Look out for future emails from NYU Engage to apply for a position if you are interested.
The Fine Arts Society is thriving, thanks to the energetic work of its officers and board members and the participation of students at large. The goal of the Society is the creation of a community of NYU students interested in art, art history, and visual culture. Through visits to museums and galleries both within and without New York City as well as walking tours, lectures, symposia, and film screenings, the Fine Arts Society brings art history majors and non-majors together, with lively discussions. Tremendous thanks and hearty congratulations go to all of the club’s officers and board members for their enthusiasm, energy, and commitment. This year’s officers include Co-presidents Shoshana Edelman (French; Art History minor ’18) and Sophia Do (Art History/French ’18), Secretary Tony Cui (Art History ’19), Treasurer Alice Sebban (Art History; Romance Languages minor ’19), PR/Marketing Chair Julia Drayson (Art History ’18), and Executive Board Members Chantal Chan (Art History; French minor ’19), Eduardo Sotomayor (BA ’19), Lane Bhutani (Gallatin; Italian minor ’20), Renata Arizpe (Anthropology; French minor ’20); Victoria Bik (BA ’19), Austin Bowes (Art History; Gender & Sexuality Studies minor ’18), and Lily Sadeghi-Nejad (BA ’19). Thanks also go to Professor Michele Matteini, the club’s faculty advisor this academic year.
The club kicked off the new academic year with a Meet-and-Greet, held on September 18th, 2017, which drew nearly forty enthusiastic students. The club’s co-presidents briefly introduced the Society and outlined its mission and activities, as well as offering a preview of upcoming events. There was an enormous amount of pizza: nevertheless – miraculously! – every slice had disappeared by the end of the meeting.
September closed with a Chelsea Gallery Tour, which took place during the afternoon of September 30th. FAS co-president Sophia Do and two of the club’s other board members took about fifteen students around Chelsea and visited several galleries, including David Zwirner, Paula Cooper, Pace, and Green Naftali galleries. On October 21st students and board members toured the FIT Museum to view the exhibition, Force of Nature, an event led by FAS co-president Shoshana Edelman. Right before the Thanksgiving break, ten lucky students and board members were treated to a tour of the exhibition, Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr, Jr., and Philip Johnson at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery. The tour was led by board member Julia Drayson, who also works at the Grey. The Club capped the fall semester with “FAS at the Guggenheim.” On December 2nd, a small but intrepid group of art lovers stared down looming paper deadlines and final exams and toured Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World, then on at the Guggenheim.
The Society inaugurated the spring semester with a Meet-and-Greet Pizza Social, held at lunchtime on February 6th. The event offered an opportunity to reconnect with club members and others after the winter break and to fill up on pizza, a staple of FAS events.
The club has ambitious plans for the coming months. On March 23rd from 7:00-9:00 PM the Society hosted “Night at the Museum: The Morgan Library,” which capitalized on the free evenings that The Morgan Library & Museum hosts every Friday. Board members met and chatted with students in a relaxing environment, despite the latest nor’ easter that blew into town.
The very next day, on March 24th, ArtHistory major and Grey intern Linda Tauscher led a tour of the Grey Art Gallery’s current exhibitions, The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Baya: Woman of Algiers. And, the evening of March 28th, club members attended the Morse Historic Design Lecture at the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
Mark your calendars in anticipation of the Club’s May events, which include, back to back, the Fine Arts Society’s annual Young Professional Symposium on May 2nd, and the Professional Symposium on May 3rd. Both events will begin at 7:00 PM. The Young Professional Symposium will be a valuable networking event: recent departmental graduates and young assistant curators have been invited to speak with current students and give them career-oriented advice. The Professional Symposium will feature more established figures in the art world, including curators and museum and gallery directors, whose lectures or presentations will be followed by a Q&A.
For further information about the Fine Arts Society and its events, don’t hesitate to contact Co-presidents Shoshana Edelman (ste234@nyu.edu) or Sophia Do (sd2595@nyu.edu).
Chelsea Gallery Tour, September 30
Chelsea Gallery Tour, September 30
Chelsea Gallery Tour, September 30
Chelsea Gallery Tour, September 30
Chelsea Gallery Tour, September 30
Chelsea Gallery Tour, September 30
FIT, October 21
Julia Drayson leads Partners in Design: Alfred H. Barr, Jr., and Philip Johnson at NYU’s Grey Art Gallery
The sad news: we must bid farewell to this year’s simply stellar Fine Arts Society executive board — Co-Presidents Emma Holter and Austin Bowes, Treasurer Chantal Chan, Secretary Grace Lubin, Marketing Chair Shoshana Edelman, and E-Board members Summer Perlow, Julia Oxman, and Emiliya Trakhtenberg. Thank you all for your remarkable work, which helped to make this year a truly spectacular one for the Department of Art History’s CAS student club. And congratulations and best wishes to all of the executive board members who are graduating this year. We will miss you, and we hope that you will keep in touch.
The good news: it is a pleasure to introduce the Fine Arts Society’s executive board for the 2017-18 academic year:
Co-Presidents: Shoshana Edelman (French/Art History ’18) and Sophia Do (Art History/French ’18)
Executive Board Members: Victoria Bik (Gallatin, concentrating in English Literature/Art History/Music History ’19), Austin Bowes (Art History; Gender & Sexuality Studies minor ’18), Tony Cui (Art History ’19), Julia Drayson (Art History; Public Policy minor ’18), and Lily Sadeghi-Nejad (Urban Design & Architecture Studies; Business Management minor ’19)
It is great to see that the board will have a mix of energetic returning members and equally energetic new ones. Many thanks to all of you for your willingness to serve on the board of the Department of Art History’s CAS student club.
Hi FAS,
Our last events of the semester are coming up in a few weeks, so here is a rundown of everything we have planned:
Join us on Sunday, April 30th at 1pm for We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women 1965-1985
at the Brooklyn Museum
Focusing on the work of black women artists, this exhibition examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism. It is the first exhibition to highlight the voices and experiences of women of color–distinct from the primarily white, middle-class mainstream feminist movement–in order to reorient conversations about race, feminism, political action, art production, and art history in this significant historical period.The Fine Arts Society & Department of Art History
are holding a two-part symposium on May 2nd and May 3rd from 6:30-8pm inSilver Room 300
Intersectionality and Social Responsibility: Approaching a Globalized Art World
The symposium was conceived as an opportunity for professors and students to discuss issues surrounding the state of the increasingly globalized art world and the many political and socio-cultural issues that come with it. The goal is to discuss basic philosophical issues regarding defining art in a Western and non-Western context (including the curatorial and museological concerns surrounding these issues) in the first session. The second session will center around more political strategies for rising art-world leaders.
We feel that given the current political climate and the possibility of the elimination of the NEA and NEH, this symposium will serve as a constructive and community-building event for the Department of Art History. We also encourage any questions, comments or concerns regarding the sensitive topics and nature of the event.Finally, tomorrowApril 27th at 6:30pm in Silver Room 301
Nancy Turner, Conservator of Manuscripts,
from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles
will be presenting a lecture Mechanisms of Workshop Practice in Italian Trecento Illumination:
Communication, Emulation, Collaboration, Speed
She will be speaking about her career conserving the 14th-century Italian manuscripts in the Getty Museum’s collection. If you are interested in conservation, technical art history, workshop practices, Late Medieval or Early Renaissance art, don’t miss this!
Fields of Vision 