Category Archives: All Student Posts

Opulence in 2013? Welcome to TEFAF

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

Three hours after boarding a train near Amsterdam, I stepped into the medieval town of Maastricht, which perks up around this time every year since The European Fine Art Foundation, or TEFAF, began in 1988. I joined the throngs of … Continue reading →

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(Nearly) Invisible Art: the Leiden University Medical Center Art Collection

Posted on January 31, 2013 by

The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is a world-renowned university and teaching hospital. What few people may realize is that it boasts an art collection and free public gallery, which hosts five shows per year. The LUMC holds an exhibition … Continue reading →

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Now Dig This! and the Ken Johnson Controversy: A Case For Pluralism in 20th Century Art History

Posted on January 8, 2013 by

Ken Johnson’s controversial review of Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980, currently on view at MoMA PS1 through March 11, has become nothing less than an art world scandal, sparking a deluge of denouncements from readers, an … Continue reading →

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Wade Guyton: X is to Y as

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

Wade Guyton is, in many ways, an art historian’s artist. He engages with the questions that get us going: questions of aesthetics, medium specificity, and the iconography of modernism itself, not to mention the very directness with which he prompts … Continue reading →

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Melissa Chiu on ‘Generational Ruptures’ in Chinese Contemporary Art

Posted on December 11, 2012 by

Dr. Melissa Chiu gave a lecture titled “Art + Politics in Chinese Contemporary Art” as a part of the Daniel H. Silberberg Lecture Series on November 27th, traveling the few blocks between the IFA and her role as Museum Director … Continue reading →

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