Art
The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy
The Met 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesBarbara Drake Boehm, Paul and Jill Ruddock Senior Curator, Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Met Internationally renowned medieval art historian Barbara Boehm, author of The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy, examines how a cache of medieval jewelry and coins found in 1863 in the Alsatian city of Colmar attests to the delicate […]
An Enigmatic Eros in Flight: A Masterpiece of Greek Vase Painting
The Met 1000 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesMario Iozzo, Director, National Archaeological Museum of Florence Discover the mythological subject matter and innovative decoration of a red-figure drinking cup from the late sixth century B.C., currently on loan to The Met.
Doctors Differ: Early Medical Caricature and the Birth of the Comics Form
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesJared Gardner is the Joseph V. Denney Designated Professor of English and Director of Popular Culture Studies at The Ohio State University, specializing in American literature, comics, film, and popular culture. Dr. Gardner is the author of Master Plots: Race and the Founding of an American Literature, 1787-1845; Projections: Comics and the History of 21st-century Storytelling; and The […]
A Bridge Between You and Everything: Iranian Women Artists in Conversation
NYU Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center 32 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesWorking in the aftermath of the 1979 Revolution, contemporary Iranian women artists are embracing themes of gender identity, repression, religion, and memory. In this panel, speakers will also discuss the complexities of cultural duality and the nuances of an evolving artistic discourse. Moderated by artist and curator Shirin Neshat, with artists Shiva Ahmadi, Afruz Amighi, Ala Dehghan, Roya Farassat, Nazanin Noroozi, […]
Carmen C. Bambach: Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered
Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Ave., New York, NY, United StatesOn the occasion of the publication of Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered, the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Carmen Bambach, internationally renowned Leonardo specialist and author of the prestigious monograph. Carmen’s four-volume work is a groundbreaking contribution of original scholarship that continues the long legacy of Leonardo studies, while simultaneously reexamining the multifaceted artist’s life and work from […]