Art, Art History & Visual StudiesWilliam Paul Thomas, M.F.A. Brock Family Instructor in Studio Arts Photo credit: Beth Mann of Early Bird Photo William Paul Thomas is the inaugural Brock Family Instructor in Studio Arts, the department’s newly endowed position that will bring in a different visiting artist each year. He will teach painting during the 2017-18 academic year at Duke. William Paul Thomas, Jo Ann’s Son, from Cyanosis, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 inches.… read more about New Faculty: William Paul Thomas, M.F.A. »
Michaela O’Brien, M.F.A. Instructor in Art, Art History & Visual Studies Michaela O’Brien is an instructor in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies at Duke for 2017-18 and is a Teaching for Equity Fellow in the Duke Human Rights Center in the Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University. She will teach courses in digital photography and the photobook for the department during the academic year. Michaela O’Brien, Playland… read more about New Faculty: Michaela O’Brien, M.F.A. »
Paul B. Jaskot, Ph.D. Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies and Director of the Wired! Lab in Digital Art History & Visual Culture Photo Credit: DePaul University/Jeff Carrion Paul Jaskot is joining Duke as a professor of art history and director of the Wired! Lab for Digital Art History & Visual Culture. Jaskot was previously professor of the history of art and architecture and director of Studio χ at DePaul University. He specializes in the history of modern… read more about New Faculty: Paul B. Jaskot, Ph.D. »
Susanna Caviglia, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies Susanna Caviglia joins the department as an assistant professor of art history and visual studies. She took her degrees at the Sapienza University in Rome and the Pantheon-Sorbonne University in Paris. She teaches courses on early modern art and culture. Her research interests focus on French and Italian Art in the long eighteenth century, early modern theories of drawing and the artistic creative… read more about New Faculty: Susanna Caviglia, Ph.D. »
Reconstruction of Sta. Chiara, Naples. The Duke Wired!/University of Padua collaborative team was recently invited by the Paisajes espirituales research group at the University of Barcelona to present their digital reconstruction of the choir screen at the church of Santa Chiara in Naples, June 14-16, 2017, in Barcelona. Members of the project team, left to right: Lucas Giles (Duke, G ’16), Elisa Castagna (University of Padua), Umberto… read more about Duke Wired! in Barcelona »
A grant from the Getty Foundation was awarded in support of a 2-year advanced institute in digital art history to be led by principal investigator Victoria Szabo, associate research professor of visual and media studies. The grant is given as part of the Getty Foundation’s Digital Art History Initiative and reflects the confidence of the Foundation in the quality of the project. The workshop will be co-sponsored by the international Visualizing Venice Consortium, the Duke University Wired… read more about Getty Grant for Advanced Institute in Digital Art History »
Duke University has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a Summer 2018 Institute for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities. Led by Victoria Szabo, associate research professor of visual and media studies, and hosted at the Franklin Humanities Institute, the Virtual and Augmented Reality for the Digital Humanities Institute (VARDHI) integrates humanities teaching and scholarship with artificial and virtual reality. Philip J. Stern, Sally… read more about NEH Grant for Advanced Topics in Digital Humanities »
Jacopo de’Barbari, View of Venice, 1500, c. 1460/1470-1516 or before. Woodcut from six blocks on six sheets of paper, 52 1/4 x 109 1/4 in. (132.72 x 277.5 cm) (sheet). Minneapolis Institute of Art. The John R. Van Derlip Fund. 2010.88. Photo courtesy of the Minneapolis Institute of Art. September 7 – December 31, 2017 The Nasher Museum presents a multi-media exhibition that brings to life the city of Venice through Jacopo de’ Barbari’s iconic View. Printed in… read more about A Portrait of Venice: Jacopo de’Barbari’s View of 1500 »
INSTALLATION ARRAY Monolithography, Or Me, my friends and ( I I - ) Laurids Andersen Sonne August 28 – September 15, 2017 Opening reception Thursday, August 31, 2017, 4 PMFragments of summer time spent in the saddle of a faded-blue cyclepro blizzard, between; chanterelles, smoked herring on rye, birdwatching, a birthday party in a Mauritanian nomad tent, listening for the elusive night jar, jumping from rocks into the Baltic sea.… read more about Monolithography, Or Me, my friends and ( I I - ) »
This symposium intends to probe more closely into how the complex processes of current modes of cultural production and reception involve the immediate and deep pasts. Technological obsolescence, the physical archive, and the contemporary artist’s reengagement with pre-digital technologies are a few of the topics that will be explored during four panel sessions, featuring contemporary artists, whose new work exploits older or analog technologies, and theorists, curators, archivists, and academics whose scholarship considers… read more about SYMPOSIUM: Material Desire in the Digital Age »
How art history scholar Caroline Bruzelius used technology to create and improve her iconic Gothic cathedrals course DURHAM — Your mom may be cool, but did she ever strap you to her chest and carry you to the top of Notre Dame Cathedral? Caroline Bruzelius, as an assistant art history professor at Duke, did just that in 1986 when her son Anders was just three weeks old. Bruzelius had just received permission to scale the scaffolding to study and measure the medieval building’s stones while the famous… read more about Building Better Cathedrals »
By Adam Beyer | The Chronicle | Monday, March 27 2017 When it opens in January, the new Duke Arts Center will add thousands of square feet to expand the University’s arts programming. The Chronicle got an early look at the building and although a lot of construction work remains, it is already possible to imagine the finished version. As we toured the facility with Christopher Roby, assistant vice president for student affairs, and Scott Lindroth, vice provost for the arts, it became evident that… read more about Inside the construction zone: Exploring Duke's new Arts Center »
This fall, Elisabeth Narkin (PhD ’17) will begin a position as a post-doctoral fellow in spatial humanities at Rice University's Humanities Research Center in Houston, Texas. While at Rice, Narkin will teach a Humanities Design Studio course, advance her book project, "Constructing Dynasty: Architecture and the French Royal Family," and participate in the scholarly life of the Research Center.hrc.rice.edu/spatialhumanities read more about Humanities Research Center, Rice University »
Pinar Yoldas, The Kitty AI: Artificial Intelligence for Governance, 2016, video still Pinar Yoldas (PhD, ’17) presented the USA debut screening of The Kitty AI : Artificial Intelligence for Governance (2016) at the Upfor Gallery at Transfer, New York on May 6 and May 13, 2017. “It is year 2039. An artificial intelligence with the affective capacities of a kitten becomes the first non-human governor. She leads a politician-free zone with a network of Artificial… read more about The Kitty AI »
Entangled Encryptions 2, a unique multi-color woodblock print by Merrill Shatzman, professor of the practice of visual arts, has been selected for inclusion in the Hida-Takayama Contemporary Woodblock-Prints Triennale 2017 Japan. Shatzman is one of two American printmakers represented in the group of twenty artists included in the Triennale from different countries. Her woodblock print is part of the fifty-nine works that will be displayed in the exhibition’s two venues, The… read more about Hida-Takayama Contemporary Woodblock-Prints Triennale »
The Paper Hat Game, a collaboration between Raquel Salvatella de Prada, assistant professor of the practice of visual arts, and Torry Bend, associate professor of the practice of theater studies, has been nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Unique Theatrical Experience. The nomination was announced on April 27 and is based on performances that took place at The Tank/ 3-Legged Dog in New York in June and July of 2016. Nomination announcement: theatermania.com New York Times review: nytimes.com read more about The Paper Hat Game »
Tom Rankin, Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY, 2011. Tom Rankin, professor of the practice of art and documentary studies, published “First Saturday in May” in the online journal Southern Cultures. Published before the 143rd Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 6, 2017, Rankin shared memories of a lifetime attending the "greatest two minutes in sports.” read more about Southern Cultures »
Italy-Vulci 3D Flyover The work of the Dig@Lab, directed by Maurizio Forte, William and Sue Gross Professor of Classical Studies and Art, Art History & Visual Studies, was featured in “Seeing Seven Centuries from Above,” part of a series of essays on drone technology in research, “Research from a New Point of View,” in Duke Stories. Forte leads a team, including AAHVS doctoral student Katherine McCusker, who was quoted in the article, which uses drones and other high-tech… read more about Seeing Seven Centuries from Above »
Andrea Basso, Elisa Castagna, and Lucas Giles, Reconstructed choir screen of Sta. Chiara, Naples. Caroline Bruzelius, Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art History, chaired the session, “The Echo of the Stones: Digital Humanities, Visualization and Modeling,” at the conference, Second Days: Spiritual Landscapes, June 14-16, 2017 in Barcelona. Speakers in the session included Bruzelius, Lucas Giles (MA ’16), and Umberto Plaja (Trinity ’10) from Duke, and colleagues from the University of… read more about Spiritual Landscapes in Barcelona »
Scholander, Fredrik Wilhelm, Palermo Cathedral, 1840s, watercolor, 27.5 x 43 cm, Nationalmuseum, Stockholm. (From Medieval Kingdom of Sicily Image Database) Caroline Bruzelius, Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art History, provided the keynote address, “Transforming Art History in the Digital Revolution,” at the Digital Art History Research Group Seminar on June 12, 2017 at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Bruzelius discussed several digital projects that she has been involved in… read more about Courtauld Institute of Art »
Jasmine Cobb has been granted tenure and appointed Bacca Foundation Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Art, Art History & Visual Studies. The Bacca Foundation encourages excellence in the fields of Rhetoric, Culture, and Society. Congratulations, Jasmine! read more about Faculty Promotion »
Beverly J. McIver, Esbenshade Professor of the Practice, Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, Duke University, has been awarded the Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize in Visual Arts for the 2017-18 year. She will be pursuing the topic, "Impact of Place.” http://beverlymciverart.com read more about Joseph H. Hazen Rome Prize »
Alexis Clark (PhD ‘14), had her article,“The Musée du Luxembourg and Toulouse-Lautrec’s ‘Portrait of Monsieur Delaporte in the Jardin de Paris’,” published in The Burlington Magazine (March 17, No. 1368-Vol. 159, pp. 212-217). The cover image used for this issue is the subject of her essay. Clark is Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History and Visual Culture at Denison University for the 2016-17 academic year. read more about Burlington Magazine »
Marie-Pier Boucher (PhD ’16) has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Media and Environment with a cross-appointment in the Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology and the Faculty of Information (iSchool) at the University of Toronto. Congratulations, Marie-Pier! read more about University of Toronto »
Doctoral candidate Anita Bateman has received the Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellowship in the Prints, Drawings and Photographs Department at the Rhode Island School of Design Museum. This is a full-time, 3-year position for a scholar who wishes to pursue a curatorial career. As a Fellow, Anita will have access to the museum collections and research libraries in the region and will enjoy all the professional privileges of the museum’s staff. She will be expected to… read more about Mellon Curatorial Fellowship »
The American Academy of Arts and Letters has purchased a painting, Dad Sitting in Striped Chair, by Beverly McIver, Esbenshade Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, as part of its Art Purchase Program. Works by the winners of the 2017 Art Awards and Purchases are currently on display in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, and will be shown in the Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, which follows the Ceremonial in May. The members of… read more about American Academy of Arts and Letters »
The American Academy of Arts and Letters has purchased a painting, Dad Sitting in Striped Chair, by Beverly McIver, Esbenshade Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, as part of its Art Purchase Program. Works by the winners of the 2017 Art Awards and Purchases are currently on display in the Invitational Exhibition of Visual Arts, and will be shown in the Exhibition of Work by Newly Elected Members and Recipients of Honors and Awards, which follows the Ceremonial in May. The members of… read more about American Academy of Arts and Letters »
Two members of the department associated with the Wired! Lab for Digital Art History & Visual Culture spoke at a conference in Naples on March 13, 2017: Technology and History of Art. The Reconstruction of the Choir Screen at Santa Chiara. Caroline Bruzelius, Anne M. Cogan Professor of Art History, participated in the session, “Invisible/Visible. Modeling as a Research Method/Tool,” along with one of our Wired! Lab partners at the Universita di Padova, Prof. Andrea Giordano. Lucas Giles (MA, ’16) spoke in the… read more about Duke Wired! Lab in Naples »
Professor of the practice in printmaking in the Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies, is currently teaching a class in printmaking and Chinese culture at Duke Kunshan University. It is the first hands-on art practice course offered there. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED March 7, 2017 in DukeToday Shatzman Leads Class on Chinese Printmaking at Duke Kunshan University By Duke Today Staff Merrill Shatzman's course focuses on woodblock printmaking, with students creating works… read more about Shatzman on Chinese Printmaking at Duke Kunshan »
copied from Duke Today article:https://today.duke.edu/2017/02/two-trinity-faculty-members-receive-neh-grants The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded two grant fellowships to Duke University faculty members for their respective work in humanities-based advanced research programs —one focusing on post-apartheid mobility, while the other is digital catalog connected to an upcoming Duke exhibit. Anne-Maria Makhulu, associate professor in the Department of Cultural Anthropology and African and… read more about Lanzoni awarded NEH grant for Barbari 'View of Venice' exhibit »