Martina Caruso, History and Theory of Photography, John Cabot University, Rome, will discuss her recent book, Italian Humanist Photography from Fascism to the Cold War (Bloomsbury, 2016), with David Forgacs, Contemporary Italian Studies, NYU, and Maria Antonella Pelizzari, History of Photography, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY.
Moderated by Shelley Rice, Arts Professor, NYU, with speakers Jeff Rosenheim and Beth Saunders, both Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Enrica Viganò, Admira, Milan, curator of NeoRealismo, this conversation will explore the challenges and pleasures of curating photography exhibitions, including, but not limited to, the research process.
Joel Sternfeld, artist and Curator of Landscapes after Ruskin, and Chris Wiley, artist, writer, curator, and catalogue essayist, will discuss the exhibition and accompanying book. Admission: $29. Tickets: https://www.92y.org/event/landscapes-after-ruskin. Information: 212.415.5500
Speakers Stephen T. Casper, Associate Professor in History of Science, Clarkson University, and Wendy Suzuki, Professor of Neural Science and Psychology, NYU, will explore how changes to the brain can impact memory, mind, and consciousness, examining both Cajal’s groundbreaking contributions and the ethical and cultural implications of current work in the area. Co-sponsored by the New York […]
This panel will consider the work of Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine (1931-1998); Jean Dubuffet’s travels in Algeria and concomitant formulation of his definition of “art brut”; and the late Assia Djebar’s writing on Baya at the end of the Algerian War of Independence. Speakers include Natasha Boas, Curator of Baya: Woman of Algiers; author Omar Berrada; Denis Hollier, Professor […]
NYU’s Marisa Carrasco, Collegiate Professor and Professor of Psychology & Neural Science, and James D. Fernández, Collegiate Professor and Professor of Spanish & Portuguese, will discuss and illustrate Cajal’s pioneering cartography of the brain in the context of his fascinating biographical trajectory. Co-sponsored by NYU’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, Center for Neural […]
Featuring NYU’s Noel Anderson, Clinical Assistant Professor of Art & Art Professions (Steinhardt); Pato Hebert, Associate Arts Professor, Art & Public Policy (TSOA); and Daniel P. Perl, Professor of Neuropathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, this conversation will examine the materiality and aesthetic forms of football and basketball to address the paradoxical mixture […]
Lawrence Weschler, writer; Carl Schoonover, Postdoctoral Fellow, Axel Lab, Columbia University; and Beth Campbell, artist, will ponder the way branching patterns keep appearing at different scales and in different guises, from the dendrites of Cajal’s neurons to the decision trees in Campbell’s work. Co-sponsored by NYU’s New York Institute for the Humanities and Grey Art […]
Moderated by Lynn Gumpert, Director, Grey Art Gallery, and Eric Klann, Professor and Chair of Neural Science, both NYU; with speakers Teresita Fernández, artist, Eric Kandel, Nobel laureate and University Professor and Fred Kavli Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University; and Robert Whitman, artist, who will discuss the relationships between mind, brain, perception, and art. […]
Following an onstage conversation with Carlo McCormick, Senior Editor, Paper Magazine, Mark Mothersbaugh—creative polymath and founder of the band DEVO—conducts orchestral renditions of his original music and film compositions on a six-sided keyboard of his invention. Organized by NYU’s Grey Art Gallery and co-sponsored by NYU’s Program in Music Technology (Steinhardt). General Admission: $30; NYU Students: […]