September 3, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
Philip Glahn, Associate Professor of Aesthetics and Critical Studies at Tyler, has coauthored a new book about Mobile Image, a pioneering new media art collective founded in 1977 by Kit Galloway and Sherrie Rabinowitz. The Future is Present: Art, Technology, and the Work of Mobile Image (The MIT Press, 2024), coauthored with Cary Levine, Associate Professor of Contemporary Art History at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, highlights the collective's prescient vision, as well as its continued importance and resonance.
Read More
August 30, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Assistant Professor of Instruction Joseph Kopta co-organized, together with Dr. Ugo Mondini, a panel at the International Medieval Congress (IMC) in Leeds, UK. The session, "Breaking Points: Reaction to Change in Byzantine Art & Literature, 10th—13th c. CE" investigated the Congress theme of "Crisis" from the perspective of the Byzantine world. The panel was sponsored by the Mary Jaharis Center for Byzantine Art and Culture, and took place on July 3, 2024. Kopta also presented a paper, "When the Ink Runs Dry: Limitations as Opportunity in Middle Byzantine Manuscript Production," the subject of his ongoing book project.
Read More
August 27, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
The exhibition, “Queer Geographies”, coincided with the 8th anniversary of the Orlando, Florida shootings at the LGBTQ+ nightclub Pulse. The artist Sebastian Duncan-Portuondo and community members made “disco mosaic rocks”—extant rocks from the park adorned with shards of a disco mosaic ball. The stones were stacked up like a “cairn” (a manmade marker for burial) in the gallery (see picture). Each rock was eventually returned to the park at the end of the show.Patel refers to this piece as “galactic queerness” because the pile of rocks was exhibited in a room set up to mimic stars in the sky.
Read More
July 31, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Prof. Neumeier's work during her Society of Architectural Historians Research Fellowship "Exploring Islamic Architecture in American Imagination" can be found here: click here
Read More
July 10, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
Alpesh's article, "Forever Becoming: Teaching “Transgender Studies Meets Art History” and Theorizing Trans Joy" was based on the course he taught in Fall 2022. It is available as open-access in Arts. 2024; 13(4):115. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts13040115
Read More
June 4, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
Tyler Glass Adjunct Professor Judith Schaechter was recently profiled by WHYY News about her role as the current artist-in-residence at the Penn Center for Neuroaesthetics, which explores the biological basis of aesthetic experiences. Schaechter's residency project is a stained-glass dome that speaks to the concept of biophilia— the human tendency to seek deep connections with nature. Read more.
Image: Judith Schaechter and her biophilic dome project in progress. Photo credit: Kimberly Paynter/WHYY
Read More
May 3, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
Tyler School of Art and Architecture Associate Professor Pablo Meninato has released a new book titled Urban Labyrinths. Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America. Published by Routledge and co-authored with Gregory Marinic, the book explores how contemporary architects, researchers, and other stakeholders have developed innovative urban design tactics that enhance the quality of life in informal settlements built by migrants across Latin America.
Read More
May 3, 2024
Author: Jane DeRose Evans
The Bard Graduate Center hosts scholars from university, museum, and independent backgrounds for the Bard Graduate Center Visiting Fellowships, which are intended to provide scholars with workspace in the Bard Graduate Center Research Center and enable them to join the dynamic, intellectual, and scholarly community in New York City. Visiting Fellowships represent Bard's commitment to conversation and scholarly communication to pursue work in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture. Dr. West will be a Bard Visiting Scholar while she is on leave.
Read More
