In the wake of postcolonial African independence, African intellectuals and politicians spearheaded a movement to pursue repatriation of artworks stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. Art Historian and curator Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important...
Kudos to… Monica Patterson (MSP07) wrote an article, “Toward a Critical Children’s Museology: The ‘Anything Goes’ Exhibition at the National Museum in Warsaw,” that was published in the November issue of Museum and Society. The complete article can be viewed here. The abstract follows...
April 11: 6:00 pm “Deaccessioning Out Loud at UMMA” Presented by Katelin Mikos, Emily Na, Chuyi Zhu Host institution: University of Michigan Museum of Art 7:00 pm “Forward Motion: Expanding the Educational Breadth of the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant” Presented by Leila Braun, Sony Prosper,...
In the wake of postcolonial African independence, African intellectuals and politicians spearheaded a movement to pursue repatriation of artworks stolen during the colonial era and placed in Western museums. Art Historian and curator Bénédicte Savoy brings to light this largely unknown but deeply important...
2022 marks the centennial of the IARC’s collection of Native Southwest art and history. This year’s Speaker Series, One Hundred Years Later: The Indian Arts Research Center and the Role of Collections in the Twenty-First Century, seeks to explore the role of collections, then and now, and the...
“Proregress”: the allure of a word Looking back at the 12th Shanghai Biennale (2018-2019) with Cuauhtémoc Medina Friday, March 25 from 4:00 – 5:30 pm Modern Languages Building, Room 1220 This lecture will discuss the curatorial strategies of the 12th Shanghai Biennale, inspired by...
Christiana Sinacola — “Conversations from the Herbarium”
April 18, 2024
