Deadline: May 6, 2013 Re-examining Fashion in Western Art, 1775-1975 College Art Association (CAA) February 12-15, 2014 Chicago Chair: Justine De Young, Harvard University, deyoung@fas.harvard.edu The recent “Impressionism, Fashion & Modernity” exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay, Metropolitan Museum of Art and Art Institute of Chicago (2012-2013) foregrounded the importance of fashion to the Impressionists and … Continue reading
Tag Archives: artists
Call for papers: Chitrolekha online magazine
Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design An Online Magazine Dedicated to Exploring the Language of Beauty Available at http://www.chitrolekha.com The district of Bankura in West Bengal is a surprisingly fertile ground of arts and crafts with a rich cultural heritage. It boasts beautiful original architecture and sculpture, stunning traditional crafts, exquisite textile products, folk … Continue reading
Lecture series: Voices in (and around) the Museum
Voices in (and around) the Museum is a series of four discursive events co-organised by the UCL Mellon Programme and UCL Centre for Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies. Wednesdays, 6pm (May 4, 11, 18, 25, 2011) University College London From being perceived as a collective resting place for mute objects and a silent, ocular-centric … Continue reading
Farewell to Visual Studies
The Stone Summer Theory Institute 2011 Theme: Farewell to Visual Studies July 17-23, 2011 Application deadline: Apr 15, 2011 School of the Art Institute of Chicago The Stone Summer Theory Institute – Fellowship opportunities James Elkins (School of the Art Institute of Chicago); Sunil Manghani (York St. John’s University); Gustav Frank (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet, Munich) Chicago The … Continue reading
CFA: MA in Contemporary Art, Design & New Media Art Histories
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: MASTER OF ARTS IN CONTEMPORARY ART, DESIGN AND NEW MEDIA ART HISTORIES OCAD University is pleased to announce the expansion of its Master’s program in Contemporary Art History to now include Design History and New Media Art History. Housed in one innovative program — the MA in Contemporary Art, Design and New … Continue reading
j-Summit New York Saturday July 10
Saturday July 10, 2010 at the Studio @ Webster Hall in NYC It will feature the J-Rock/V-kei influenced rock band, ‘Geist’ from Baltimore, MD , a reputable rock trio, Lilac, a revolutionary R&R band, Stella’s Attic, for their second appearance and a vocal-bass-percussion trio, ‘Thelonious Monkeys’ as well as a hip-hop dancer, Nobuya, and an … Continue reading
CFP: The Material Imagination from Antiquity to Modernity
Call for Papers THE MATERIAL IMAGINATION from Antiquity to Modernity date: 5-6 November 2010 location: School of Art History, University of St Andrews, Scotland deadline for proposals: 10 September 2010 further information: Fabio Barry, Alistair Rider, material.imagination@gmail.com As the term materiality gains ever more currency, its critical meaning continues to recede. The purpose of this … Continue reading
CFP: SF/Fantasy & Vampire Romance: MAPACA 2010
Call For Papers in SF/Fantasy & Vampire Romance: MAPACA 2010 Location: Virginia, United States Call for Papers Deadline: 2010-06-15 The Mid-Atlantic Popular and American Culture Association (MAPACA) invites academics, graduate and undergraduate students, independent scholars, and artists to submit papers for the 2010 conference in the areas of Science Fiction/ Fatnasy, and our new area, … Continue reading
CFP: New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century
Special issue of NmediaC, The Journal of New Media and Culture Topic: New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century Submission Deadline: April 15, 2010 NmediaC invites submissions of research articles, essays, and web-based art for a special issue on New Media, Sex, and Culture in the 21st Century. Sex has a long history … Continue reading
Liquid Sky: Interview with Slava Tsukerman
Wonderful interview with Slava Tsukerman by Brigitte Nicole from Opening Ceremony about Tsukerman’s brilliant 1982 post-punk new-wave movie Liquid Sky. One of my all-time favorite movies, it addresses everything from gender to class issues as well as ideas of the alienation/other and stereotypes. http://www.openingceremony.us/entry.asp?pid=653 Continue reading
Object of Fashion 