Student News: Patryk Tomaszewski Co-Organizes “The Female Gaze: Women Surrealists in the Americas and Europe”

On view through July 31 at Heather James Fine Art, The Female Gaze features a diverse selection of works by American, British, Latin American, and East Central European modern and contemporary female artists associated with Surrealism. “Though often critically marginalized, these uncompromising visionaries rebelled against the prevailing cultural norms and expressed the workings of their own inner psyches and desires,” the exhibition press release notes.  Continue reading “Student News: Patryk Tomaszewski Co-Organizes “The Female Gaze: Women Surrealists in the Americas and Europe””

Spring 2019 Rewald Seminars

Open to students and faculty in the Ph.D. Program in Art History at The Graduate Center, CUNY, Rewald Seminars offer an opportunity to hear cutting-edge research in progress by scholars from inside and outside CUNY. View the Spring 2019 Rewald Seminar schedule! here!

Welcoming Professor Michael Gillespie

We are pleased to announce the election of Michael B. Gillespie, currently Associate Professor of Film at the City College, CUNY, to the Doctoral Faculty in Art History at The Graduate Center, CUNY, effective immediately. Dr. Michael B. Gillespie is a film theorist and historian who specializes in black visual studies, film theory, global cinema, and contemporary art, among other disciplines. Continue reading “Welcoming Professor Michael Gillespie”

Faculty News: Professor Romy Golan to Speak on “Magic Realism in 1920s Italy and Quattrocento painting” at Harvard University

On Thursday, October 18, Professor Romy Golan will give a lecture at I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, where she is the Francesco de Dombrowski Visiting Professor this term.

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