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April 18, 2022

Prof Mariola Alvarez's book to appear in 2023

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Alvarez's book, The Affinity of Neoconcretism: Interdisciplinary Collaborations in Brazilian Modernism 1954-1964 will come out in March 2023, from the University of California Press, under their Studies in Latin American Art series. In the meantime, register to hear her speak at "Las Informalistas: Women of Latin American Informalist Abstraction" on May 3, 2022, the subject of her new inquiry: https://www.islaa.org/events/event-2022-may-las-informalistas  Read More

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April 13, 2022

Dr. Alpesh Patel's new book

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Storytellers of Art histories: Living and Sustaining a Creative Life, edited by Alpesh Patel and Yasmeen Siddiqi (University of Chicago, 2022) Read More

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April 4, 2022

Jay Raymond (Tyl alum, BA Art), A Vision for Education: Why does the Barnes Foundation look that Way?

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Hear what it was like to visit the Barnes Foundation in its original home in Merion, PA. Author, educator, and scholar Jay Raymond, who studied with Dr. Barnes' intellectual partner Violet Di Mazia, will share the aesthetic theory, vision, and practice that formed the distinctive content and composition of the Barnes collection. Virtual lecture April 18 4-5:30  This event is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Art and Art History departments and the Visual Studies program, with support from Temple University's General Activities Fund. Photo: Barnes Foundation, courtesy of the Barnes Foundation Read More

April 1, 2022

Dr. Peter M. Lukehart to Speak about Women's Roles in the Accademia di San Luca in the 17th century

Author: Carin Whitney

On Tuesday, April 12, Art History welcomes Dr. Peter M. Lukehart, Associate Dean for the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art, who will present an in-person talk: By Honor or by Merit: Women in the Accademia di San Luca, 1600-1700.Dr. Lukeheart will assess the roles women played within the Accademia di San Luca by addressing contested ideas about the levels of participation and membership existing for academicians of either gender throughout the seventeenth century.The talk will take place in Tyler B004. Click here for more information. Read More

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