The Department of the History of Art at Johns Hopkins University is hosting Professor John W. Verano from Tulane University. Dr. Verano will be giving the Distinguished Lecture in the Art of the Ancient Americas on the Luminous Mystique of the Royal Body: Lady of Cao: Moche Culture, 500 CE.
Robert Slifkin, NYU Institute of Fine Arts, will present a lecture on the art of Philip Guston, "An Ethnology of Modernism: Philip Guston Now and Then," discussing its engagement with the history of racism in the United States, and the current exhibition of Philip Guston's work at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Mike Chin, (object animation), Maxe Crandall, (co-director and playwright), and Silk Worm, (performer) will join Abraham Stoll, (Director, Theatre Arts and Studies Program) and Phoebe Peter Oathout (Writing Seminars and The Hopkins Review), in a discussion about the process behind their collaborative work Bacchae Before. All events take place at the Merrick Barn on JHU’s […]
The Department of the History of Art and Evergreen Museum and Library Johns Hopkins University presents a lecture by Gaylord Torrence (Nelson-Adkins Museum). This lecture is free, in-person, and open to the public. Space is limited. Reserve a spot: https://evergreenmuseum.eventbrite.com
All events take place at the Merrick Barn on JHU’s Homewood campus. San Francisco-based Hope Mohr Dance will be visiting JHU and performing their original work, Bacchae Before, a dance theater project co-directed by Maxe Crandall (playwright) and Hope Mohr (choreographer), inspired by the tragedies of gender reveal parties and Anne Carson’s Bakkhai. FROM CO-DIRECTORS MAXE CRANDALL AND HOPE […]
All events take place at the Merrick Barn on JHU’s Homewood campus. San Francisco-based Hope Mohr Dance will be visiting JHU and performing their original work, Bacchae Before, a dance theater project co-directed by Maxe Crandall (playwright) and Hope Mohr (choreographer), inspired by the tragedies of gender reveal parties and Anne Carson’s Bakkhai. FROM CO-DIRECTORS MAXE CRANDALL AND HOPE […]
The departments of History and History of Art welcome Vincent Debiais from the L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHSS) in Paris. Dr. Debiais will speak on "Water as Reflecting Stones: Liquid Impressions in Moissac." His talk will be followed by a reception. Dr. Debiais is a medieval historian with a keen interest in […]
Don’t Worry, I’ll Only Read You the Good Parts: Some Thoughts on Buying Art for Museums The Department of the History of Art presents the 2023 Caplan-Rosen Lecture and welcomes Helen Molesworth. Location: Mason Hall, John Hopkins UniversityResources: Parking Map & Campus Map
Vincent Debiais, Visiting Scholar, History Department will join Professor Mitchell Merbeck and speak on the topic of "Texts, Images and the Making of the Eucharist: Dealing with Christ's Two Bodies." Dr. Debiais is Senior Researcher at the EHESS in Paris, and winner of the 2022 L. Kessler Prize for Medieval Art History – University Masaryk, […]
The departments of History and History of Art welcome Vincent Debiais from the L’École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHSS) in Paris. Dr. Debiais will speak on "Medieval Abstraction and Animated Colors."
The History of Art Department will host Prof. Christopher P. Heuer, Professor of Art and Architecture, University of Rochester, who will present the lecture Antiquity Without Humans.
The History of Art Department will host Mechtild Widrich, Professor of Art History, Theory and Criticism, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dr. Widrich will present the lecture Monumental Cares: Commemoration and Activism in Contemporary Art. This event is co-sponsored by The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute.