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Bartunkova, Barbora , “Sites of Resistance: Antifascism and the Czechoslovak Avant-garde” (C. Armstrong)

Betik, Blair Katherine , “Alternate Experiences: Evaluating Lived Religious Life in the Roman Provinces in the 1st Through 4th Centuries CE” (M. Gaifman)

Boyd, Nicole , “Science, Craft, Art, Theater: Four ‘Perspectives’ on the Painted Architecture of Angelo Michele Colonna and Agostino Mitelli” (N. Suthor). 

Brown, Justin , “Afro-Surinamese Calabash Art in the Era of Slavery and Emancipation” (C. Fromont)

Burke, Harry , “The Islands Between: Art, Animism, and Anticolonial Worldmaking in Archipelagic Southeast Asia” (P. Lee)

Chakravorty, Swagato , “Displaced Cinema: Moving Images and the Politics of Location in Contemporary Art” (C. Buckley, F. Casetti)

Chau, Tung , “Strange New Worlds: Interfaces in the Work of Cao Fei” (P. Lee)

Cox, Emily , “Perverse Modernism, 1884-1990” (C. Armstrong, T. Barringer)

Coyle, Alexander , “Frame and Format between Byzantium and Central Italy, 1200-1300” (R. Nelson)

Datta, Yagnaseni , “Materialising Illusions: Visual Translation in the Mughal Jug Basisht, c. 1602.” (K. Rizvi)

de Luca, Theo , “Nicolas Poussin’s Chronotopes” (N. Suthor)

Dechant, D. Lyle . ” ‘daz wir ein ander vinden fro’: Readers and Performers of the Codex Manesse” (J. Jung)

Del Bonis-O’Donnell, Asia, “Trees and the Visualization of kosmos in Archaic and Classical Athenian Art” (M. Gaifman)

Demby, Nicole, “The Diplomatic Image: Framing Art and Internationalism, 1945-1960” (K. Mercer)

Donnelly, Michelle , “Spatialized Impressions: American Printmaking Outside the Workshop, 1935–1975” (J. Raab)

Epifano, Angie , “Building the Samorian State: Material Culture, Architecture, and Cities across West Africa” (C. Fromont)

Fialho, Alex , “Apertures onto AIDS: African American Photography and the Art History of the Storage Unit” (P. Lee, T Nyong’o)

Foo, Adela , “Crafting the Aq Qoyuniu Court (1475-1490) (E. Cooke, Jr.)

Franciosi, Caterina , “Latent Light: Energy and Nineteenth-Century British Art” (T. Barringer)

Frier, Sara , “Unbearable Witness: The Disfigured Body in the Northern European Brief (1500-1620)” (N. Suthor)

Gambert-Jouan, Anabelle , “Sculpture in Place: Medieval Wood Depositions and Their Environments” (J. Jung)

Gass, Izabel, “Painted Thanatologies: Théodore Géricault Against the Aesthetics of Life” (C. Armstrong)

Gaudet, Manon , “Property and the Contested Ground of North American Visual Culture, 1900-1945” (E. Cooke, Jr.)  

Haffner, Michaela , “Nature Cure: ”White Wellness” and the Visual Culture of Natural Health, 1870-1930” (J. Raab)

Hepburn, Victoria , “William Bell Scott’s Progress” (T. Barringer)

Herrmann, Mitchell, “The Art of the Living: Biological Life and Aesthetic Experience in the 21st Century” (P. Lee)

Higgins, Lily , “Reading into Things: Articulate Objects in Colonial North America, 1650-1783” (E. Cooke, Jr.)

Hodson, Josie , “Something in Common: Black Art under Austerity in New York City, 1975-1990” (Yale University, P. Lee)

Hong, Kevin , “Plasticity, Fungibility, Toxicity: Photography’s Ecological Entanglements in the Mid-Twentieth-Century United States” (C. Armstrong, J Raab)

Kang, Mia , “Art, Race, Representation: The Rise of Multiculturalism in the Visual Arts” (K. Mercer)

Keto, Elizabeth , “Remaking the World: United States Art in the Reconstruction Era, 1861-1900.” (J. Raab)

Kim, Adela , “Beyond Institutional Critique: Tearing Up in the Work of Andrea Fraser” (P. Lee)

Koposova, Ekaterina , “Triumph and Terror in the Arts of the Franco-Dutch War” (M. Bass)

Lee, Key Jo , “Melancholic Materiality: History and the Unhealable Wound in African American Photographic Portraits, 1850-1877” (K. Mercer)

Levy Haskell, Gavriella , “The Imaginative Painter”: Visual Narrative and the Interactive Painting in Britain, 1851-1914” (T. Barringer, E. Cooke Jr)

Marquardt, Savannah, “Becoming a Body: Lucanian Painted Vases and Grave Assemblages in Southern Italy” (M. Gaifman)

Miraval, Nathalie , “The Art of Magic: Afro-Catholic Visual Culture in the Early Modern Spanish Empire” (C. Fromont)

Mizbani, Sharon , Water and Memory: Fountains, Heritage, and Infrastructure in Istanbul and Tehran (1839-1950) (K. Rizvi)

Molarsky-Beck, Marina, “Seeing the Unseen: Queer Artistic Subjectivity in Interwar Photography” (C. Armstrong)

Nagy, Renata , “Bookish Art: Natural Historical Learning Across Media in Seventeenth-century Northern Europe” (Bass, M)

Olson, Christine , “Owen Jones and the Epistemologies of Nineteenth-Century Design” (T. Barringer)

Petrilli-Jones, Sara , “Drafting the Canon: Legal Histories of Art in Florence and Rome, 1600-1800” (N. Suthor)

Phillips, Kate , “American Ephemera” (J. Raab)

Potuckova, Kristina , “The Arts of Women’s Monastic Liturgy, Holy Roman Empire, 1000-1200” (J. Jung)

Quack, Gregor , “The Social Fabric: Franz Erhard Walther’s Art in Postwar Germany” (P. Lee)

Rahimi-Golkhandan, Shabnam , “The Photograph’s Shabih-Kashi (Verisimilitude) – The Liminal Visualities of Late Qajar Art (1853-1911)” (K. Rizvi)

Rapoport, Sarah , “James Jacques Joseph Tissot in the Interstices of Modernity” (T. Barringer, C. Armstrong)

Riordan, Lindsay , “Beuys, Terror, Value: 1967-1979” (S. Zeidler)

Robbins, Isabella , “Relationality and Being: Indigeneity, Space and Transit in Global Contemporary Art” (P. Lee, N. Blackhawk)

Sen, Pooja , “The World Builders ” (J. Peters)

Sellati, Lillian , “When is Herakles Not Himself? Mediating Cultural Plurality in Greater Central Asia, 330 BCE – 365 CE” (M. Gaifman)

Tang, Jenny , “Genealogies of Confinement: Carceral Logics of Visuality in Atlantic Modernism 1930 – 1945” (K. Mercer)

Thomas, Alexandra , “Afrekete’s Touch: Black Queer Feminist Errantry and Global African Art”  (P. Lee)

Valladares, Carlos , “Jacques Demy” (P. Lee)

Verrot, Trevor , “Sculpted Lamentation Groups in the Late Medieval Veneto” (J. Jung)

Von-Ow, Pierre , Visual Tactics: Histories of Perspective in Britain and its Empire, 1670-1768.”  (T. Barringer)

Wang, Xueli , “Performing Disappearance: Maggie Cheung and the Off-Screen” (Q. Ngan)

Webley, John , “Ink, Paint, and Blood: India and the Great Game in Russian Culture” (T. Barringer, M. Brunson)

Werwie, Katherine , “Visions Across the Gates: Materiality, Symbolism, and Communication in the Historiated Wooden Doors of Medieval European Churches” (J. Jung)

Wisowaty, Stephanie , “Painted Processional Crosses in Central Italy, 1250-1400: Movement, Mediation and Multisensory Effects” (J. Jung)

Young, Colin , “Desert Places: The Visual Culture of the Prairies and the Pampas across the Nineteenth Century” (J. Raab)

Zhou, Joyce Yusi, “Objects by Her Hand: Art and Material Culture of Women in Early Modern Batavia (1619-1799) (M. Bass, E. Cooke, Jr.)

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024 2024

Pearls of Power: Navigating Empire and Kingship in the Nineteenth Century in Qing Dynasty China and Victorian England , Jinrui Chen

Unveiling Urban Photographs: The Evolution of Street Photography Through Cameras, the New York Photo League, and Visionaries Lisette Model and Helen Levitt , Isabella Danesi

Art and the Brain: An Interdisciplinary Journey Through its Multifaceted Dimensions , Bianca Di Donna

Envisioning Dynamic Cultural Platforms: Strategic Integration of Contemporary Art in Japan's Socio-Economic Landscape , Shota Hachisako

When Divergent Worlds Collide: Dr. Santiago Ramón y Cajal’s Influence on the Surrealism Movement , William J. Hardman III, MD

Analyzing Communication and PR Strategies in the Korean Art Market , Se Hyun Kim

From East to West: The Impact of Chinese Artists on the French Art Scene and Vice Versa , Sarah Lee

The Interplay of Hollywood's Golden Age and the Evolution of the Jewelry Industry: A Historical and Cultural Analysis , Man Luo

The Socio-Political Barriers that Make Art Restitution an Impossible Enterprise in Hungary , Natalia Pakh

Study on the Trends and Strategies of the Contemporary Art Market in Korea: A Comprehensive Study of the Korean Art Market from Historical Roots to Contemporary. , Sohee Park

The Case of the Euphronios Krater: Issues of Provenance and Recommendations for Cultural Heritage Institutions , Elizabeth A. Reedy

The market for Winston Churchill’s paintings: An exploration of history, politics, provenance, and friendships , Arabella Repard

Navigating Boundaries: Challenges and Strategies in Exhibiting Brazilian Art Globally , Bruna Ribeiro Schnor

Reinterpreting the Original: How Appropriation Shapes the Way We View Art and its Icons. , Cailin Shannon Sung

Beyond Aesthetics: Antoni Gaudí's Revolutionary Use of Biomimicry, Biomorphism, and Biosynchronization in Architectural Design , Yechan Sung

Ethical Dilemmas in Art Advisory Services: Navigating Influence in the Art Market , Noah G. Tyler

Digital Reproduction: The Degradation of Art Viewership , Zoe Wallis Weingarten

Navigating the Art Landscape: Unraveling the Identity Crisis of Dallas as an Art City and Charting a Path to Global Recognition , Mary Willis

Navigating the Currents: An In-Depth Survey on the Dynamics of the African Contemporary Art Market - A Comparative Analysis of 1-54 African Art Fair and Auction Houses as Pioneering Market Leaders , Ensui Wu

“I Can Do That”: Conceptualism in the Digital Age , Nan Jane Xiong

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

Bank art advisory: American v. Italian , Gloria Cavaciuti

Analysis on the Overseas Market Performance of Porcelain and Its New Situation in the Context of Global COVID-19 Epidemic , Tianxiang Chen

Keith Haring and Jean-Michel Basquiat: Visionaries of the Legendary Art Movement of the Eighties in Downtown, New York City , Ritu Cipy

Lost Innocence: Women, Power, and Art in Victorian England , Jia Jing Ding

Manifesting Magic: Occultism and Feminism in the Art of Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo , Margaret Dirschl

The Controversy of the Female Nude Body within Performance Art of the 1960s and 1970s , Jennifer Fialkowski

The Women of Impressionism: The Influence of Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt, and Eva Gonzalès on the Art Market , Caroline Finden

Would you rather be the head of a lion or the tail of a mouse? A comparative study of the art markets in London and New York , Clio Giner Garcia

Djurberg & Berg: A Relationship Saga , Johanna Graflund

Analysis of the Integration of high-tech Virtual Technology to improve the audience's experience: Taking China Exhibition Hall as Examples , Zizhou Guo

“I’ve Been Working My Ass Off For You To Make That Profit”: Fundamental Information for The Self-Advocation of Emerging Artists , Layne Hubble

Becoming Asia’s Next Art Hub: A Reflection on the Rise of the Contemporary Korean Art Market , Jihyun Hur

The Study of Reciprocal Impact between Dehua and European Porcelain: An Analysis of the Influence on Porcelain Making Skills, Shapes, and Decoration Styles , Xuening Hu

Monumentality of the Artist Chapel: Dissecting Light, Color, Spirituality, and Permanence , Katherine Isler

Present and Future of Impact Investing in Arts: Catching Momentum , Olga Korneeva

On Curation: A Hermeneutical Approach , Elisabeth Yumin Kröber

The Evolution of Marketing Tools at Auction Houses. Case: The Last Leonardo , Margherita Magnino

Black Lives Matter & Contemporary African American Art: An Auction market analysis. , Montserrat Miranda Ayejes

Artists in Legacy-Land: Endowing Foundations to Balance Market and Philanthropic Activity , Lucas Mischler

Collecting an Empire: Stolen Heritage of Indigenous Australians , Kyla Moore

From Exclusivity to Ambiguity: Rethinking Contemporary Ink Art and its Methodology , Ruqin Mu

The Artist as Surveillant: The Use of Surveillance Technology in Contemporary Art , Claire O'Neill

Art Investment Funds and NFTs , Francesca Osborne

The Impact of the Fashion Industry in 19th Century Paris on Impressionist Painting , Puja Patel

Effectively Preparing Art Students for Artistic Careers: A Study on Art Schools’ Relation to the Art Market and their Approaches to Preparing Students for Career Navigation , William Stewart

The Application and Impact of Digital Technology in Jewelry Art , Lai Tai

State of the Arts: The Contemporary Arts Ecosystem in the Republic of Ireland , Clare Tayback

The Wave of Digital Revolution: New Trends in the Emergence, Participation, and Presentation of Metaverse Art , Zijian Zhang

Spirituality and Abstract Art , Hao Zheng

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

The art market’s inflection point: the inception of modern art investment , Maria B. Abraham

Lauder Art Collections: Two Brothers, Two Collections, One City , Carol Bradford Abruzzo

The Influence of the American Film Noir on Fine Arts in Los Angeles , Paige Berlin

The Private Art Collector’s Foundation in France: Issues and Implications for the Cultural Landscape , Milena Berman

Paris is Always a Good Idea: Study into Paris’ Potenial to Regain a Place at the Top of the European Art Market , Laura Bishai

‘What A Woman Can Do:’ Analyzing Correlation between Historiography of Italian Female Artists and Auction Prices , Paige Boucher

Beyond Conversation to Acquisition: What Museums are Purchasing and Why: The Impact of Contemporary Discourses on the Canon of Art , Karen Budgor

Selling Transcendence: The Rise of Experience and the Big Business of Immersive Art , Emeline Callaway

The Printmaking Boom and its Effect on the Future for the Market for Prints and Multiples , Helen H. Condo

How NFTs Are Driving the Latest Evolution of Art from Physical to Digital in a Pandemic Age. , Isabel Dominguez de Haro

Looking South: The Increased Visibility of Modern Latin American Art , Sofía Festa

A Eurocentric Model: The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Westernization of the “Other” , Chloe Greisman

The Paradox of Scarcity: A Look at the Old Masters Evening Sales from 2014 to 2022 in London and New York , Erin Haydon

The Search for a Quintessentially French Style: The Reactionary Nationalism of French Art Nouveau (1890 – 1900) , Bailey Johnston

Aboudia: a new generation artist from Côte d’Ivoire , Richard Montoux

Linda Nochlin Finding Feminism: Early Education to Early Career , Natalie Parent

History of Fashion Installations as Art Exhibitions and Their Impact on the Public’s Perspective on Culture and Community , Arabella Riley

Lucretia Van Horn: The Artist’s Meaningful Impact on the Development of Modernism in the Bay Area , Annie K. Roddy

Valuations Achieved at the Sale of Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family , Reka Szterenyi

Impediments to Art Market Growth: Understanding Germany’s Disproportionately Small Art Market Share , Anthony von Steuben

Factors behind the successful positioning of Mexico City as an International Contemporary Art Center , Alma Roberta Zertuche Cantu

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Antiquities and the Art Market: Forever Divided or Will Ancient Art Find Its Place in an Evolving Contemporary Art Market? , Yvette Abiuso

The Cottages That Almost Were Not Saved: A Preservation Perspective on Three Newport Mansions , Julia Boron

Perspectives on Consciousness-Raising: A Modernist Intersectional Feminist Agenda , Ariana Cacoulidis

The Melancholy of Misunderstanding: An analysis of Marcel Duchamp’s Effects on the Development of Art in Conversation with Contemporary Artist Urs Fischer , Elizabeth Chander

Revisiting Appropriation in Contemporary Art: Art and Law Analysis , Won Sun Choi

The Durability of Authenticity: An Examination of the Art Conservator’s Role in Preserving Authenticity , Emily Crozier

The Brave New Virtual Art World The Evolution of Digital Art: NFTs and their Effects on the Art Market in 2021 , Sophie Delaplaine

The Impact of French Auction Regulatory Policies on the Art Market ——Take the Development of Paris Drouot in Nineteenth-Century as an Example , Youyou Dong

The Therapeutic Value of Art , Alexandra Eagle

Contemporary Textiles: Unraveling White Feminist Discourse , Meredith Friedman

Walter De Maria: The pursuit to defye time , Whitney Hart

The Retrospection and Prospection of Contemporary Feminist Art in China , Li Hou

Value of NFTs in the Digital Art sector and Its Market Research , Su Yeon Jeong

NFT — Friend or Foe of Today’s Art Market? , Anna Maria LaGuardia

The Influence of Zen on Contemporary Aesthetics in Decorative Arts and Interior Design , Ronit Lee

Why Be a Great Women Artist When You Could Be Spectacular: The Study of Women Old Masters in the Art History Canon Through Art Market Bias , Zoë Mahler

Risk Management for Small and Mid-Sized Contemporary Art Galleries in the United States , Lauren Pappas

Bertha Palmer and Anna Wintour: How Does Private Patronage Impact Identity-Building within Cultural Institutions? , Marie Redetzki

More Than Just Middlemen: The Legacy and Influence of Art Dealers Joseph Duveen, Peggy Guggenheim and Leo Castelli on Shaping Art Collections , Valencia Tong

An Analysis of Immersive Art Experiences , Adele Whitmyer

Yokai Ukiyo-e: ExploringAesthetics of Monsters in Japanese Ukiyo-e , Ranshanzi Xiao

The Role of Art Hotels in the Art Ecosystem , Nicola Ziman

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Art of Healing: The effects and importance of art in hospitals and clinical settings , Olivia Adamaitis

Analysis of the Relation Between Trauma and Art as a Result of Context and Purpose with The Holocaust as a Subject Matter , Robert Bandeen

Threading the Future : Contemporary fiber in the global , Erin Choi

Hilma af Klint's Divine Commission, Paintings for the Temple : Modern western esotericism embodied and art historical norms redfined , Hilary Cianciolo

Helen Frankenthaler : The calculus for gender neutrality within the post abstractionist color field movement , Aelxandra H. Dodge

Appalling Aftermath : The idealization of sympathy in battle paintings of the Great Siege of Gibraltar , Sean F. Galvin

De-Orientalizing Classical Ballet in the Twenty-First Century , Pamela Gendron

On the Fluidity of Honey and Fugitivity of Sound in Trauma, Ecstasy, and Black Radical Tradition , Evgenia Grant

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Dissertations completed in the Department of Art History, listed by the year in which the student defended.

• "Between Virtual and Real: A New Architecture of the Mogoa Caves (Dunhuang, China), 781-1036 CE," Zhenru Zhou
• "Vera Molnar's Programmed Abstraction: Computer Graphics and Geometric Abstract Art in Postwar Europe," Zsofia Valyi-Nagy
• "Inventing Contemporary Chinese Architectural Culture in the Age of Globalization 1979-2006," Zhiyan Yang
• "'A Tragic Suburban Mentality': Managerial Lyricism in Contemporary Art," Jadine Collingwood
• "Henry the Lion and the Art of Politics in Northern Europe, c. 1142-1195," Luke Fidler
• "Interchanges: Construction of the U.S. Interstate Highway System and Artistic Practice, 1956-1984," Hanne Graversen
• "Roaming, Gazing, and Listening: Human Presence and Sensory Impression in Song Landscape Art," Meng Zhao
• "The City's Pleasures: Urban and Visual Culture of Garden Spaces in Shanghai, 1850s-1930s," Xi Zhang
• "Making Merit in the Tableau: Early Sixth-Century Chinese Stele," Dongshan Zhang
• "Caught by Surprise: Affect and Feminist Politics in the Art of Magali Lara," Maggie Borowitz 
• "Monochrome Painting and the Period Body in Andrea del Sarto's Cloister of the Scalzo," Christine Zappella 
• "(Re)Making the View: The Shifting Imaginary of West Lake, from the 13th to the 19th Century," Yunfei Shao 
• "The Visual Culture of English Medicine, 1348 - 1500," Carly Boxer
• "From Gold to Green: Visualizing the Environment in the Italian Renaissance," Chloé Pelletier
• "Making Spaces: Site-Based Practice in Contemporary Chinese Art in the Long 1990s," Nancy Pai Suan Lin
• "From Mouth to Hand: Mopa Mopa Images in the Northern Colonial Andes," Catalina Ospina 
• "How to Photograph the Air: Photography, Cinema, and the Problem of Atmosphere in German Modernism, 1893-1933," Katerina Korola
• "From the Ground Up: Yona Friedman and the Postwar Reimagining of Architecture," Jesse Lockard
• "Ruthenians in Early Modern Rome: Art and Architecture of a Uniate Community, 1596 – 1750," Anatole Upart
• "Unsettling the Spiritual Conquest: The Murals of the Huaquechula Monastery in Sixteenth Century Mexico," Savannah Esquivel
• "Likeness, Figuration, Proof: Geometry and the Arabic Book, 1050-1250," Meekyung MacMurdie
• "The Disputed City: Art, Architecture, and the Performance of Argument in Scholastic Paris (c.1120–c.1320)," Martin Schwarz
• "Beyond Treaty Ports: Chinese Photography 1860-1916: Practitioners, Contexts, and Trends," Tingting Xu
• "The History of Idolatry and the Codex Durán Paintings," Kristopher Driggers
• "Non Est Hic: Figuring Christ's Absence in Early Medieval Art," Nancy Thebaut
• “The Art of the Periodical:  Pan , Print Culture and the Birth of Modern Design in Germany, 1890 – 1900,” Max Koss
• "The Whole World is (Still) Watching: Early Video, the Televisual, and Nonviolent Direct Action, 1930s-1970s," Solveig Nelson
• "Criticism without Authority: Gene Swenson, Jill Johnston, Gregory Battcock," Jennifer Sichel
• "Evolving Photography: Naturalism, Art, and Experience, 1889-1909," Carl Fuldner
• " Water, Ice, Lapis Lazuli: the Metamorphosis of Pure Land Art in Tang China," Anne Feng
• " Le Roman de la Poire : Constructing Courtliness and Courtly Art in Gothic France," Elizabeth Woodward
• "Unfolded Worlds: Allegory, Alchemy, and the Image as Structure of Knowledge in Early Modern Northern European Scientific Books," Alexandra Marraccini
• “Consequences of Drawing: Self and History in Jacques-Louis David's Preparatory Practices,” Tamar Mayer
• “Seizing the Everyday: Lettrist Film and the French Postwar Avant-Garde,” Marin Sarvé-Tarr
• “Surrealism and the Art of Consumption,” Jennifer Rose Cohen
• “The Mancheng Tombs: Shaping the Afterlife of the ‘ Kingdom within the Mountains ’  in Western Han China (206BCE- 8CE),” Jie Shi
• “Kazimir Malevich and Russian Modernism,” Daniel Phillips
• “Engraving Identities in Stone: Stone Mortuary Equipment of the Northern Dynasties (386-581 CE),” Jin Xu
• “Past Black and White: The Color of Photography in South Africa,  1994-2004,” Leslie Wilson
• “Systems Depictions: A. R. Penck and the East German Underground, 1953-1980,” Hannah Klemm
• “Body Analyses / Poetic Acts: Ambivalences of Austrian Performance Art After 1945,” Caroline Schopp
• “Allan Kaprow and the Dialectics of Instruction, 1947-1968 ,” Emily Capper
• “Great Expectations: The South Slavs in the Paris Salon Canvases of Jaoslav Čermák and Vlaho Bukovac,”  Rachel Rossner
• “‘Writing Calculations, Calculating Writing’: The Art of Hanne Darboven ,” Victoria Salinger
• “The Art of Play: Games in Early Modern Italy ,” Kelli Wood
• “The Materiality of Azurite Blue and Malachite Green in the Age of the Chinese Colorist Qiu Ying (ca. 1498-ca.1552) ,” Quincy Ngan
• "Contested Spaces: Art and Urbanism in Brazil, 1928-1969," Adrian Anagnost
• “Mt. Sinai and the Monastery of St. Catherine:  Place and Space in Pilgrimage Art,” Kristine Larison
• “Planctus Provinciae: Arts of Mourning in Fifteenth-Century Provence ,” Rainbow Porthé
• “Amateurs: Photography and the Aesthetics of Vulnerability ,” Anna Lee
• “A Movable Continent: Collecting Africa in Renaissance Italy,”  Ingrid Greenfield
• “Ornament and Art Theory in Ancient Rome: An Alternative Classical Paradigm for the Visual Arts,”  Nicola Jane Barham
• “The Soft Style: Youth and Nudity in Classical Greece,”  Angele Rosenberg
• “Entangled Modernities: The Representation of China's Past in Early Twentieth Century Chinese and Japanese Art,”  Stephanie Su
• “Representing Difference: Early 20th Century Japanese and Korean Art,”  Nancy Lin 
• “Asia Materialized: Perceptions of China in Renaissance Florence,”  Irene Backus
• “Art on the Border: Galerie René Block and Cold War West Berlin,”  Rachel Jans
• “Creative Disruption: Contemporary Russian Performance Art,”  Michelle Maydanchik
• “Locating Identity: Mixed Inscriptions and Multiple Media in Greek Art, ca. 630–336 BCE,”  Ann Patnaude
• “Ephemeral Monument, Lasting Impression: The Abbasid Dar al-Khilafa Palace of Samarra,” Matt Saba
• “Making Danish Modern, 1945–1960 , ”  Maggie Taft
• “Exhibiting Modernity: National Art Exhibitions in China during the Early Republican Period, 1911–1937,”  Kris Ercums
• “Salon Caricature in Second Empire Paris,”  Julia Langbein
• “Art Photography and the Contentions of Contemporary Art: Rhetoric, Practice, and Reception,”  Phil Lee
• “Arts of Enshrining: The Making of Relics and Bodies in Chinese and Korean Buddhist Art from the 10th to the 14th Centuries,”  Seunghye Lee
• “The Literati Lenses: Wenren Landscape in Chinese Cinema,”   Mia Liu
• “The Civic Cornucopia of Ornament: The Florentine Picture Chronicle’s (1470–75) Somatic Visioning of the Festive City in the time of Lorenzo de’ Medici,”  Iva Olah
• “A Coat that Doesn't Fit: Jean Dubuffet in Retrospect, 1944–1951,”  Jill Shaw
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A Maoli-Based Art Education: Ku'u Mau Kuamo'o 'Ōlelo , Raquel Malia Andrus

Accumulation of Divine Service , Blaine Lee Atwood

Caroline Murat: Powerful Patron of Napoleonic France and Italy , Brittany Dahlin

.(In|Out)sider$ , Jarel M. Harwood

Mariko Mori's Sartorial Transcendence: Fashioned Identities, Denied Bodies, and Healing, 1993-2001 , Jacqueline Rose Hibner

Parallel and Allegory , Kody Keller

Fallen Womanhood and Modernity in Ivan Kramskoi's Unknown Woman (1883) , Trenton B. Olsen

Conscience and Context in Eastman Johnson's The Lord Is My Shepherd , Amanda Melanie Slater

The War That Does Not Leave Us: Memory of the American Civil War and the Photographs of Alexander Gardner , Katie Janae White

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Women and the Wiener Werkstätte: The Centrality of Women and the Applied Arts in Early Twentieth-Century Vienna , Caitlin J. Perkins Bahr

Cutting Into Relief , Matthew L. Bass

Mask, Mannequin, and the Modern Woman: Surrealism and the Fashion Photographs of George Hoyningen-Huene , Hillary Anne Carman

The End of All Learning , Maddison Carole Colvin

Civitas: A Game-Based Approach to AP Art History , Anna Davis

What Crawls Beneath , Brent L. Gneiting

Blame Me for Your Bad Grade: Autonomy in the Basic Digital Photography Classroom as a Means to Combat Poor Student Performance , Erin Collette Johnson

Evolving Art in Junior High , Randal Charles Marsh

All Animals Will Get Along in Heaven , Camila Nagata

It Will Always Be My Tree: An A/r/tographic Study of Place and Identity in an Elementary School Classroom , Molly Robertson Neves

Zofia Stryjeńska: Women in the Warsaw Town Square. Our Lady, Peasant Mother, Pagan Goddess , Katelyn McKenzie Sheffield

Using Contemporary Art to Guide Curriculum Design:A Contemporary Jewelry Workshop , Kathryn C. Smurthwaite

Documenting the Dissin's Guest House: Esther Bubley's Exploration of Jewish-American Identity, 1942-43 , Vriean Diether Taggart

Blooming Vines, Pregnant Mothers, Religious Jewelry: Gendered Rosary Devotion in Early Modern Europe , Rachel Anne Wise

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Rembrandt van Rijn's Jewish Bride : Depicting Female Power in the Dutch Republic Through the Notion of Nation Building , Nan T. Atwood

Portraits , Nicholas J. Bontorno

Where There Is Design , Elizabeth A. Crowe

George Dibble and the Struggle for Modern Art in Utah , Sarah Dibble

Mapping Creativity: An A/r/tographic Look at the Artistic Process of High School Students , Bart Andrus Francis

Joseph as Father in Guido Reni's St. Joseph Images , Alec Teresa Gardner

Student Autonomy: A Case Study of Intrinsic Motivation in the Art Classroom , Downi Griner

Aha'aina , Tali Alisa Hafoka

Fashionable Art , Lacey Kay

Effluvia and Aporia , Emily Ann Melander

Interactive Web Technology in the Art Classroom: Problems and Possibilities , Marie Lynne Aitken Oxborrow

Visual Storybooks: Connecting the Lives of Students to Core Knowledge , Keven Dell Proud

German Nationalism and the Allegorical Female in Karl Friedrich Schinkel's The Hall of Stars , Allison Slingting

The Influence of the Roman Atrium-House's Architecture and Use of Space in Engendering the Power and Independence of the Materfamilias , Anne Elizabeth Stott

The Narrative Inquiry Museum:An Exploration of the Relationship between Narrative and Art Museum Education , Angela Ames West

Theses/Dissertations from 2011 2011

The Portable Art Gallery: Facilitating Student Autonomy and Ownership through Exhibiting Artwork , Jethro D. Gillespie

The Movement Of An Object Through A Field Creates A Complex Situation , Jared Scott Greenleaf

Alice Brill's Sao Paulo Photographs: A Cross-Cultural Reading , Danielle Jean Hurd

A Comparative Case Study: Investigation of a Certified Elementary Art Specialist Teaching Elementary Art vs. a Non-Art Certified Teacher Teaching Elementary Art , Jordan Jensen

A Core Knowledge Based Curriculum Designed to Help Seventh and Eighth Graders Maintain Artistic Confidence , Debbie Ann Labrum

Traces of Existence , Jayna Brown Quinn

Female Spectators in the July Monarchy and Henry Scheffer's Entrée de Jeanne d’Arc à Orléans , Kalisha Roberts

Without End , Amy M. Royer

Classroom Community: Questions of Apathy and Autonomy in a High School Jewelry Class , Samuel E. Steadman

Preparing Young Children to Respond to Art in the Museum , Nancy L. Stewart

DAY JAW BOO, a re-collection , Rachel VanWagoner

The Tornado Tree: Drawing on Stories and Storybooks , Toni A. Wood

Theses/Dissertations from 2010 2010

IGolf: Contemporary Sculptures Exhibition 2009 , King Lun Kisslan Chan

24 Hour Portraits , Lee R. Cowan

Fabricating Womanhood , Emily Fox

Earth Forms , Janelle Marie Tullis Mock

Peregrinations , Sallie Clinton Poet

Leland F. Prince's Earth Divers , Leland Fred Prince

Theses/Dissertations from 2009 2009

Ascents and Descents: Personal Pilgrimage in Hieronymus Bosch's The Haywain , Alison Daines

Beyond the Walls: The Easter Processional on the Exterior Frescos of Moldavian Monastery Churches , Mollie Elizabeth McVey

Beauty, Ugliness, and Meaning: A Study of Difficult Beauty , Christine Anne Palmer

Lantern's Diary , Wei Zhong Tan

Text and Tapestry: "The Lady and the Unicorn," Christine de Pizan and the le Vistes , Shelley Williams

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A Call for Liberation: Aleijadinho's 'Prophets' as Capoeiristas , Monica Jayne Bowen

Secondhand Chinoiserie and the Confucian Revolutionary: Colonial America's Decorative Arts "After the Chinese Taste" , Kiersten Claire Davis

Dairy Culture: Industry, Nature and Liminality in the Eighteenth-Century English Ornamental Dairy , Ashlee Whitaker

Theses/Dissertations from 2007 2007

Navajo Baskets and the American Indian Voice: Searching for the Contemporary Native American in the Trading Post, the Natural History Museum, and the Fine Art Museum , Laura Paulsen Howe

And there were green tiles on the ceiling , Jean Catherine Richardson

Four Greco-Roman Era Temples of Near Eastern Fertility Goddesses: An Analysis of Architectural Tradition , K. Michelle Wimber

Theses/Dissertations from 2006 2006

The Portrait of Citizen Jean-Baptiste Belley, Ex-Representative of the Colonies by Anne-Louis Girodet Trioson: Hybridity, History Painting, and the Grand Tour , Megan Marie Collins

Fix , Kathryn Williams

Theses/Dissertations from 2005 2005

Ideals and Realities , Pamela Bowman

Accountability for the Implementation of Secondary Visual Arts Standards in Utah and Queensland , John K. Derby

The Artistic and Architectural Patronage of Countess Urraca of Santa María de Cañas: A Powerful Aristocrat, Abbess, and Advocate , Julia Alice Jardine McMullin

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This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Visual Arts, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

Theses/Dissertations from 2023 2023

sweeping the forest floor of frequencies , Maria A. Kouznetsova

Achy Awfulness , Rylee J. Rumble

Nonstop Digital Flickerings; , Sam Wagter

Theses/Dissertations from 2022 2022

Credulous Escapism , Brianne C. Casey

At Dusk , Michelle Paterok

Theses/Dissertations from 2021 2021

Marvelous Monsters , Thomas Bourque

On Ground , Matthew Brown

Pharmakon: From Body to Being , Jérôme Y. C. Conquy

The Other Neighbour of El Otro Lado , Anahi Gonzalez Teran

Neoliberalism, Institutionalism, and Art , Declan Hoy

Strings of Sound and Sense: Towards a Feminine Sonic , Ellen N. Moffat

Cyber Souls and Second Selves , Yas Nikpour Khoshgrudi

The No No-Exit Closet: An Alternative to No-Exit Pathways , Faith I. Patrick

Fleet: Nuances of Time and Ephemera , Rebecca Sutherland

Theses/Dissertations from 2020 2020

The Hell of a Boiling Red , George Kubresli

still, unfolding , Ramolen Mencero Laruan

Theses/Dissertations from 2019 2019

Spanning , Mary Katherine Carder-Thompson

The Medieval Genesis of a Mythology of Painting , Colin Dorward

Philosophical Archeology in Theoretical and Artistic Practice , Ido Govrin

Bone Meal , Johnathan Onyschuk

Inventory , Lydia Elvira Santia

Collaborative Listening and Cultural Difference in Contemporary Art , Santiago Ulises Unda Lara

Absence and Proximity , Zhizi Wang

Theses/Dissertations from 2018 2018

Then Again, Maybe I Won't , Claire Bartleman

and where is the body? , Tyler Durbano

Next to a River: Mobility, Mapping, and Hand Embroidery , Sharmistha Kar

Interfaces of Nearness: Documentary Photography and the Representation of Technology , Mark Kasumovic

Buffer , Graham Macaulay

The English Landscapes in the Seventeenth Century , Helen Parkinson

SuperNova: Performing Race, Hybridity and Expanding the Geographical Imagination , Raheleh Saneie

Slower Than Time Itself , Matthew S. Trueman

Skim , Joy Wong

Theses/Dissertations from 2017 2017

Gardening at Arm's Length , Paul Chartrand

Lesser Than Greater Than Equal To: The Art Design Paradox , Charles Lee Franklin Harris

Skin Portraiture: Embodied Representations in Contemporary Art , Heidi Kellett

Midheaven , Samantha R. Noseworthy

Drum Voice , Quinn J. Smallboy

Theses/Dissertations from 2016 2016

Beyond the Look of Representation: Defamiliarization, Décor, and the Latin Feel , Juanita Lee Garcia

Emphatic Tension , Mina Moosavipour

Symbiotic: The Human Body and Constructs of Nature , Simone Sciascetti

Thin Skin , Jason Stovall

On Coming and Going , Quintin Teszeri

Theses/Dissertations from 2015 2015

Crowdsourcing , Sherry A. Czekus

From Dust to Dust , Lynette M. de Montreuil

Hand-Eye , Michael S. Pszczonak

Abstraction And Libidinal Nationalism In The Works Of John Boyle And Diana Thorneycroft , Matthew Purvis

Tangled Hair: Uncertain Fluid Identity , Niloufar Salimi

Liminal Space: Representations Of Modern Urbanity , Matthew Tarini

Theses/Dissertations from 2014 2014

Creative Interventions and Urban Revitalization , Nicole C. Borland

What Lies Behind: Speculations on the Real and the Willful , Barbara Hobot

Turning to see otherwise , Jennifer L. Martin

Come Together: An Exploration of Contemporary Participatory Art Practices , Karly A. McIntosh

A Photographic Ontology: Being Haunted Within The Blue Hour And Expanding Field , Colin E. Miner

Matters of Airing , Tegan Moore

Liquidation , Amanda A. Oppedisano

Just As It Should Be: Painting and the Discipline of Everyday Life , Jared R. Peters

Clyfford Still in the 1930s: The Formative Years of a Leading Abstract Expressionist , Emma Richan

From 'Means to Ends': Labour As Art Practice , Gabriella Solti

Across Boundaries , Diana A. Yoo

Theses/Dissertations from 2013 2013

Following the Turn: Mapping as Material Art Practice , Kyla Christine Brown

Queer(ing) Politics and Practices: Contemporary Art in Homonationalist Times , Cierra A. Webster

Some Theoretical Models for a Critical Art Practice , Giles Whitaker

Lines of Necessity , Thea A. Yabut

Theses/Dissertations from 2012 2012

Out of Order: Thinking Through Robin Collyer, Discontent and Affirmation (1973-1985) , Kevin A. Rodgers

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Interconnections Between Ecological Consciousness and Contemporary Art

Dissertation title:, haydeé patricia rovirosa, date, time & place:.

December 1, 2015 at 11:00 am South Hall, Lambert Road campus

The introduction argues that our ability to reevaluate existing mythologies and worldviews requires a critical engagement with the world. War, global capitalism, climate change, toxic emissions, urbanization, and distribution of territory have triggered dramatically negative changes to the planet— changes that many artists are attempting to address. In chapter 2 the intention is to show that the postwar counterculture and its artistic, cultural, and philosophical figures developed a link between social change and ecology. This is done through an investigation of the evolution of ecological awareness and environmental activism led by marginalized groups in the 60s and 70s. This provides the historical context for the paper. The goal of the third chapter is to recognize the way modern science is controlling the consciousness of the West, and it is therefore focused on complexity, systems thinking, and on understanding the dominant dualistic paradigm in which we have been immersed. This is the philosophical context. Chapters four and five, which can be seen to some extent as a single unit, deal with the replacement of the Newtonian mythology of the world as a machine by the mythology of the network. Complexity, relationship, and connectedness become the focus here; the framework for chapter four is Bateson’s systemic thinking, and in chapter five this correlates with Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis. This gives a scientific, ecological understanding of the life process of the Earth as a whole. Having established the historical, philosophical and scientific background that provides a context against which the artworks can be judged, chapters 6 and 7 are dedicated to the artists and their work. Chapter six focuses on the phenomenon of Land Art, on the function of art in the context of the cultural and political situation in the 60s, and on its impact on society. Chapter seven analyses present-day artists for whom land emblematizes human relations, and whose work addresses land-use issues such as sustainable energy, architectural and agricultural practices, rapid urbanization, and economic isolation. Chapter 8 is the conclusion. Artistic activity helps us understand we are part of a single system which is the living world.

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• Program/Track/Year: Mythological Studies, Track G, 2010
• Chair: Dr. Evans Lansing Smith
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• Keywords: Art, Environment, Consciousness, Ecology, Mythology, Interconnectivity

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Arts is an important academic subject. It has a range of subdisciplines including Economics , History , Political Science , Geography , Sociology , Philosophy , Psychology , Computer Science , Linguistics , Law , Journalism & Media and Tourism & Hotel Management . If you are looking for some exciting yet manageable arts dissertation topics then you definitely landed on the right page.

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Topic 1: Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Modern Art: An Exploratory Study to Find Advancements AI can Bring in Modern Art

Topic 2: what’s wrong with mona lisa a critical review of mona lisa’s painting from various artists’ lens, topic 3: performing arts and cultural development- a study to find the impact of performing arts on the youth cultural development in ancient germany, topic 4: the role of arts in the cultural invasion- a case of western culture penetrating in asian societies, topic 5: the influence of oil-based portrait painting on portrait photography.

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Research Aim: This research aims to find the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on modern art advancements. It will show how AI-based models such as Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning models can help to create more dynamic visual arts? It will test these models against real artists to show whether they can create new art based on the previous data? Lastly, it will assess the current work in the area and improve existing models to create better art.

Research Aim: This study intends to critically evaluate Mona Lisa’s painting from various artists’ viewpoints. It will try to dig deep into the picture from the painters’ imagination to the colors used in the painting. Moreover, it will utilize arts literature to draw a framework to analyze Mona Lisa’s painting critically. It will show the greatness and uniqueness in the painting and its problems, which can be modified through ideas and tools used in modern art and literature.

Research Aim: This research analyzes the impact of performing arts on the youth cultural development in ancient Germany. It will show artists and various organizations intentionally and unintentionally used performing arts to affect the youth in old Germany. It will assess the effects of performing arts on multiple aspects of youth lifestyle in Ancient Germany. It will also explore the impact of performing arts on other elements of youth, such as their imagination, productivity, creativity, and critical thinking.

Research Aim: This study assesses the role of arts in the cultural invasion. It will find how various individuals and organizations, even states use different art (performing arts, liberal arts, visual arts, etc.) to invade other cultures? Moreover, it will analyze the western nations to see how they used their culture to change mindsets in Asian societies. It will calculate the difference in fashion, activities, lifestyles, employments, traditions, norms, etc., pre and post cultural invasion times in Asian societies.

Research Aim: This research finds the influence of oil-based portrait painting on portrait photography. It will show how the introduction of oil-based portrait painting influenced various aspects of portrait photography? It will assess the change in portrait photography methods due to changes in oil-based portrait painting over time. Moreover, it will show whether oil-based portrait painting has a role in portrait photography? Or is there no empirical relationship between both? Lastly, it will show through an academic lens how both can be combined to make photography better in terms of concepts, colors, content, photography methods, etc.,?

Research on Cultural Hybridity in the UK's Contemporary Art

Research Aim: This research paper aims to analyze the cultural hybridity found in UK art culture. The UK’s various art reproduces creative work, which enhances the art culture of the entire UK. The UK’s artistic practise creates an opportunity for its art culture to expand all over the world.

Looking through a New Glass: The American Film in the Modern World

Research Aim: This research paper aims to explore American films’ future possibilities by evaluating American films in this modern era. A different perspective is implemented to analyze the entire topic.

Impressionistic Painting: A Drive to another World

Research Aim: The focus of this dissertation is to situate impressionistic painting in the contemporary era. The application of the impressionistic technique gives a new dimension to the art of the contemporary period. The features of impressionism are the insights of the paintings.

Position of Aesthetic art in UK's Tradition

Research Aim: The paper focuses on evaluating the current position of aesthetic art in the UK’s modern culture. It also tries to express how the UK relates aesthetic arts with its tradition.

Idols in Painting Practice

Research Aim: This research paper aims to evaluate the practices of Idol painting in modern art. The abstract paintings of the idol are innovative art techniques to express in-depth knowledge regarding the piece of art. Finding out the reason behind the culture of idol painting is another aim.

The Altering Perception towards Art in Contemporary Culture

Research Aim: This research paper aims to seek out the changing perception of people to art in modern culture. Art is changing in itself, which develops contemporary art, hence the changing perception of people. A comparative study is also provided between traditional art and modern art.

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Nasher Museum Names New Curator of Contemporary Art: Xuxa Rodríguez

I am thrilled by the Nasher's willingness and fearlessness to experiment and constantly rethink and push what it means to be a museum and develop exhibitions. I'm excited to join a team that's reflecting and looking forward and really thinking deeply about the historical impact of the work that it does in relationship to our sociocultural moment and our futures. Xuxa Rodríguez

Duke University’s Nasher Museum of Art has named Xuxa Rodríguez as curator of contemporary art, museum director Trevor Schoonmaker announced.

She will begin her position as the Patsy R. and Raymond D. Nasher Curator of Contemporary Art on April 22.

Rodríguez comes to Duke from the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the Momentary in Bentonville, Arkansas, where she is associate curator of contemporary art.

She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a dissertation titled Performing Exile: Cuban-American Women’s Performance Art, 1972-2014. She brings expertise in modern and contemporary Latinx and Latin American art, African diasporic art, feminist and queer art, transnational artists, and time-based media, with strengths in performance and video.

“I am very excited that Xuxa is joining the Nasher. She brings great creative energy and we are all impressed with her broad curatorial practice,” said Schoonmaker, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director of the Nasher Museum. “The way she has centered the work of historically marginalized artists and her depth of work with Latin America and the African Diaspora make her a perfect fit for the Nasher. I expect Xuxa to help us grow in exciting new ways as a globally recognized university art museum.”

At Crystal Bridges, Rodríguez has overseen numerous acquisitions, including works by Alfredo Jaar, Teresita Fernández, Arthur Jafa, Patrick Martinez, Yvette Mayorga, Wendy Red Star, Shizu Saldamando and many others. Her exhibitions have included Danielle Hatch: All The Soarings Of My Mind Begin In My Blood; LEE Mingwei’s Sonic Blossom, Loring Taoka: ±; and the first U.S. exhibitions of Beeple’s HUMAN ONE and S.2122. She also curated Entre/Between, the museum’s first exhibition dedicated to Latinx art and history featuring permanent collection and loan works across both Crystal Bridges and the Momentary as well as six months of performance, including the commissions Arquitectura para un cuerpo by Carlos Martiel, Perejil by Jonathan González, and Big Happy: A Momentary Utopia by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz.

Before Crystal Bridges, Rodríguez was a 2018 CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice Fellow, a 2018 Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellow in American Art visiting at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery and a 2017 Smithsonian Institution Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

“I am thrilled by the Nasher’s willingness and fearlessness to experiment and constantly rethink and push what it means to be a museum and develop exhibitions,” Rodríguez said. “I’m excited to join a team that’s reflecting and looking forward and really thinking deeply about the historical impact of the work that it does in relationship to our sociocultural moment and our futures.”

At the Nasher Museum, Rodríguez joins a curatorial team of five led by Chief Curator Marshall N. Price, Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art.

“I think the Nasher has a really interesting collection, from its breadth and depth across the globe and across time, and especially its strengths in the contemporary,” Rodríguez said. “The Nasher is often first to the party before anyone has realized something about an artist who becomes really important soon afterwards. I love that about the museum’s collecting strategy—how it pays attention, really has its ears to the ground, on the pulse of the moment.”

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Through porcelain shards and hundreds of threads, helena hafemann shatters notions of value, april 7, 2024, jackie andres.

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One day, as Helena Hafemann was unloading the dishwasher, one of her porcelain saucers shattered. Breaking into several fragments, the beloved plate lost its functional use within a split second, but Hafemann continued to think about its value, reflecting on how much emotional weight the piece still held even in its daunting state.

Trying to salvage each fragment with glue felt as demoralizing as it was dismal, and she was left to think about worth: When an object’s value is so intertwined with its utility, what happens when the latter is taken away? What role does sentimentality play, especially when the original piece is transformed anew?

Hafemann is driven by these slippery notions of value, which seem more urgent when faced with loss. Suspending the brief moment of destruction, the Wiesbaden, Germany-based artist stretches hundreds of strands of filigree thread between broken segments of plates. Perfectly coinciding with the porcelain hues from which they flow, bundles of delicate fibers bridge the jarring gaps between each ceramic morsel.

Comprising plates from friends, family, thrift stores, and flea markets, the wall works make up her ongoing Fadenschein series, which translates to “threadbare.” She shares:

By connecting the shards with sewing thread, I freeze the moment of breakage, or the apparent disintegration of the porcelain plate. With the Fadenschein series, I want to create little moments of irritation in which you ask yourself whether time is really always moving forward, or whether it is perhaps possible that, just this once, it can make a broken plate grow back together again.

Hafemann is currently preparing for two solo exhibitions opening later this year. See her website for more work, and stay in the loop about her forthcoming shows on Instagram . You might also enjoy Nicole McLaughlin’s warped sculptures and Faig Ahmed’s drippy fibers .

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Readers Share Their Favorite Places to See Art in California

Contemporary art with a hillside winery in Napa, a Roman villa-inspired museum in Pacific Palisades and more.

By Soumya Karlamangla

The Haggin Museum in Stockton has an impressive art collection, particularly for a city that has seriously struggled for years.

The brick museum, tucked in a park in the Central Valley city, includes works by well-known painters like Pierre-Auguste Renoir, George Inness and William Keith, as well as a California history collection that displays Native American art and artifacts from the gold rush and the dawn of agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley.

I visited the Haggin recently and was awed by grand 19th-century oil paintings of Yosemite Valley by Albert Bierstadt. One hung in the White House under President Ronald Reagan as a nod to his California roots, according to the museum.

The Haggin is one of the museums across California that readers have highlighted as great places to enjoy art. Today I’m sharing more suggestions, sorted by region and lightly edited for clarity.

You can read previous recommendations here , here and here . And feel free to send your own recommendation to [email protected] . Please include your name and the city where you live.

Northern California

The Museum of Northern California Art in Chico

“This is a fabulous art museum featuring artists from Northern California’s Oregon border to San Francisco. It has evolving shows and an interesting permanent collection. It is housed in a vintage veterans building in the center of Chico near other museums.” — Jean Marquardt, Chico

The Hess Art Collection in Napa

“The real prize in visiting the Hess Collection winery is the amazing multistory art collection, which is open to the public. It’s major league and is amazing contemporary art. The winery is a hillside winery, so you get amazing views from this gorgeous location. And this is a real treat: They have produced their own short introduction film that is well worth viewing in their small private theater.” — Stan Parker, Nevada City

Central California

Gallery Los Olivos in Los Olivos

“The displays are changed regularly, so one frequently encounters new art in new alcoves of the gallery, while the walls of the entrance area often are devoted to larger exhibitions featuring individual artists. What I have always found unique at this gallery in the Santa Ynez Valley is the subtle interaction of the varieties of art — sculpture in different materials, jewelry and photographs — complementing the many varieties of paintings and works on paper. In a town known for fine wines and cuisine, this gallery provides the perfect place to discover award-winning artists whose work might easily find its way into your home and life.” — Sarah Vaughan, Paris, France

Southern California

Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach

“The location is breathtaking. The exhibits are always interesting and top-notch. They do a lot for the community, too. And Claire’s, the museum restaurant, is outstanding. There’s also a smaller downtown gallery.” — Jordan Horowitz, Long Beach

Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades

“ I would and will regularly spend a day out there — the museum is free, the parking $20 — and soak up the spectacular coastal location, especially the design of the whole thing, based on the ‘Papyri’ villa from the coast of Italy where the wealthy and rulers had their villas, most specifically before the volcanic eruption that did in Pompeii.

The gardens, the sculptures in the gardens, the pools, built according to its source. And the art: It holds the entire classics collection of J. Paul Getty himself and, most recently, the works still being excavated from the original Roman villa.” — Kay Martin, Aptos

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After approving the closure of three prisons since 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom is resisting calls from criminal justice advocates and state lawmakers to close more penitentiaries, The Los Angeles Times reports.

Financial aid fraud is scamming California’s community colleges out of millions of dollars , and college officials say the fraud is getting worse with the help of A.I., CalMatters reports.

Newly released video images show that a 15-year-old girl who was kidnapped by her father in 2022 was fatally shot by sheriff’s deputies in Hesperia, The Los Angeles Times reports.

Motorists crept along a single open lane of Highway 1 on Monday in the Big Sur area , where a section of the scenic highway collapsed over the weekend, The Associated Press reports. Another convoy of vehicles is expected to be escorted through the area this morning, according to The A.P.

A federal judge in Los Angeles rejected several motions filed by Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, to dismiss tax charges against him, Reuters reports.

Lou Conter, the last known survivor of the battleship Arizona, which sank with the loss of 1,177 sailors and Marines in the attack on Pearl Harbor, died at his home in Grass Valley at 102.

After a lush winter, flowers are in bloom across California. Send us your best photos of the glorious springtime display to [email protected] , and we may publish them in the newsletter. Please include your full name and the city in which you live.

And before you go, some good news

The Oakland Zoo recently welcomed a new baby Himalayan baboon, Bay Area News Group reports .

The baboon, named Jasiri, a Swahili name that translates as “brave,” was born at the Northern California zoo seven weeks ago to a mother named Kodee and a father named Kusa, both of whom also live at the zoo. The baboon was bred under a program run by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums that aims to bolster the species’ population and ensure its survival.

Visitors can now view Jasiri alongside more than 12 other Himalayan baboons in the zoo’s baboon enclosure.

Thanks for reading. I’ll be back tomorrow. — Soumya

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Maia Coleman and Sofia Poznansky contributed to California Today. You can reach the team at [email protected] .

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Past, Present and Future: Architecture of Russia

Russia as a country has seen various phases of architecture throughout its being. Spanning from the early wooden architecture where its roots lie, its branches spread on to the architecture of Kievan Rus to the influence of the Byzantine empire not only on the architecture but also the culture of Russia. 

This country is also known to have its independent vernacular architecture style devoid of any influence but its local features and needs although none so notable. Russia also seemed to have had a phase of a dominant Christian influence on its architecture.

Pre and Post Christian Periods | Architecture of Russia

From whatever we can gather of the history of architecture or its evolution in Russia, it has always been religious in a way that churches have been the only structures predominantly built and the only structures that remain from the ancient past to date. The elements of which have been influenced by various styles and monarchs Russia has seen and is known to have very little influence by its own independent culture. 

Starting at the beginning of what is called the Pre-Christian period, the influence of Byzantine and Pagan architecture can be seen in the buildings of Russia, with an abundance of exterior galleries and towers and fortresses also came into existence during that era.  

The era of architecture that came slightly after or known as the post-Christian influence brought about monumental changes in Russian architecture. The evolution from wood to stone and frescos is also known to have happened during this period. St Sophia Cathedral is a well-known example from that era of architecture in Russia. The country however is mainly known for its Onion Domes, bright colors, motifs, and so on. Architecture in the country however has seen massive changes with time in terms of its styles, characteristics, aesthetics , and function.

Much Needed Change

In the 17th century, Russian architecture consisted mainly of fiery styles shortly after which notable changes occurred in Russia in many ways including the culture, government, class structure, trade, and architecture. Also known as the great reform period of Russia , the treasury improved massively, the gap between tsars and slaves shrank to a great extent, Serfs (state peasants) came into existence. 

Many new rules were added to the law which proved beneficial to even the lowermost class in the hierarchy of Russian society which was indeed a notable change from societal structure mainly comprising of Upper, Middle, Working class and Peasants respectively.

Speaking of societal structure, the culture of Russia was highly patriarchal in the sense that men were seen as the rulers and decision-makers whereas women enjoyed no rights whatsoever across many ethnicities and religious groups in Russia throughout past rulers which also changed during this era due to The Petrine reform — women were also given a place and opportunities to interact in the society, after which many reforms took place such as Legal rights, education, feminism in the soviet era. 

In the present scenario, women have come to secure a place in the working class, politics, etc even though the inequality still prevails in many aspects throughout the country

Ember for Revival

Architecturally, there was a huge western influence on Russian Buildings such as Menshikov Palace, Kunstkamera, Peter and Paul Cathedral, and Twelve Collegia In 1724, the Academy of Sciences, the University , and the Academic Gymnasium was also established. Shortly after in the 19th century Russia saw a series of structures in the late Baroque style which was led mainly by Ar. Bartolomeo Rastrelli whose famous buildings also include the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, Neoclassical architectural transformation of the city of Saint Petersburg in the second half. 

The Russian revival also took place in this era which was an attempt to bring back the lost essence of Byzantine architecture and old Russian architectural heritage. State Historical Museum is one of the buildings of that time in Russia

Leaning towards Contemporary Architecture | Architecture of Russia

During the 20th century, Russia saw an Era of modernization in its architectural styles mainly Art Nouveau, Constructivism in which unadorned geometric forms with flat roofs stand out, creating a new style different from architecture in the past which soon saw its downfall and couldn’t hold its ground. Reforms in housing however poor quality were seen during the rule of Nikita Krushchev who changed the rule and the societal norms from Stalin’s rule Krushchev saw architecture as an instrument used to cover the needs of the Russian people. 

The simplicity of those constructions made them achieve some records, such as being able to finish five-story buildings in 15 days. Functionalism was given utmost importance; Russia saw a massive improvement in mass housing which decreased the housing issues that prevailed during earlier rulers. Structures were built according to the needs as opposed to aesthetics and previous bright colored facades. The excesses were condemned during this period. ‌

Deconstructivism is an important artistic movement in Russian modern architecture. It has been the prevailing one in the last two decades. Contemporary buildings with almost futuristic shapes stand out from the previous years’ constructions. An example of that architectural style is the Mercury City Tower, a skyscraper placed in Moscow. This happens to be the architectural style that is seen currently in Russia, developed with skyscrapers . 

In Contrast to their constructivist precedents, these new towers fit better in the urban landscape, so it seems the modern Russian architecture finally found a balance between the beauty of its well-preserved historic jewels and the pragmatism of its Stalinist period

How Politics influenced Architecture

Slightly after the dominance of Kievan Rus’s influence on Russian architecture consisting mainly of the ever famous Onion domes, brightly painted facades, and stone buildings which again were Orthodox churches came the era of Renaissance, brought about mainly by Ar. Ridolfo Aristotele Fioravanti. 

His best-known work is Dormition Cathedral soon after which Saint Basil Cathedral came into existence in the 16th century, which is now a Museum . The structures architectural style is debatable and is known to be a culmination of various influences on Russia while also keeping intact the Onion domes which went on to become the signature of Russian architecture.

Russian architecture serves as an open book to its country’s history. After the fall of communist, the revival of Constructivism has seen in which the new political system promised the construction of much more modern buildings, which would turn contemporary Russian architecture into a global reference in architectural terms. 

However, Russian architecture had to settle for a lower quantity of modern constructions, in fact modern, but not as meaningful as expected, characterized by the use of simple lines and basic geometric forms. Its strength lay in its utility aimed to implement avantgarde solutions into daily life, with modern and, at the time, useful designs. Colors were used minimally, with the prevalence of black and red

Hostility to Design Solutions for World Problems

Architecture in Russia has also had a major role in molding the people and their lifestyle, which is evident to this day. Soviet architectural remains even now have strict policing characteristics where it doesn’t open up to its visitors, even through history as seen by many architects notably Le Corbusier on one of his visits to Moscow was how ill-planned the houses were. 

The mass housing only appeared to have curbed the needs of people but in fact, was full of faulty plans, and instead of providing comfort and peace to people how it sort of just made the residents hostile and had adverse effects on their behavior. Architecture much like the society believed in something utopian and orthodox as seen throughout the history of Russia.

Currently, Russia has built many Skyscrapers and is looking to make a mark internationally and it’s housing also improved to a major degree from its history of On-Land Socialisation. The period of Garden city which claimed that a person could survive in a community without ever having to leave it, as the community provided everything from parks to schools and hospitals. Khrushchev’s Micro-Districts was a shift towards functional cheaper mass housing construction. 

Currently, 85% of Russians own private lands and houses thanks to new mortgage laws and privatization. Housing architecture has also seen massive changes in terms of replanning, styles, private homes and apartments , décor, etc. This also was brought about by massive economic growth in the 2000s. also entering the 21st century with its head held high with Green architecture seen in the Mercury city tower. 

Calm amidst the Put-In Chaos? | Architecture of Russia

In the current scenario, Under the presidency of Vladimir Putin, placed a different emphasis on urban design and construction in Russia. Apart from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, most major projects have either been put on the back burner or canceled due to the financial crisis of the late 2000s. The situation has changed architecturally due to the economic crisis in Russia. 

The Mercury City Tower, the highest European skyscraper, is almost finished. Most other Moscow City high-rise developments are not, with no idea as to what their future holds. Contemporary Russian legislation forbids working directly from abroad in the field of architecture. That’s why you have to hire a local studio to adapt the drawing and technical standards and provide necessary licensing in a lengthy process of official approval of the project. Today’s system and the architectural field and its laws seem very cumbersome and corrupt, according to studies.

Many Notable architects such as Norman Foster have been said to have quit all his Russian projects and the cumbersome government laws are known to have to neglect the field of architecture. Architecture, planning, and design are ignored even in major infrastructure facilities such as the 2014 Olympics or the 2018 Fifa World cup as contractors were selected without any architectural criteria or even any analysis of basic urban issues, such as the transport system capacity or the preservation of historical views and monuments. 

With this approach, it’s not surprising that the quality of the architecture is relatively poor. As compared to its rich Architectural heritage, it’s not merely a matter of customer taste but also a result of systemic inefficiency and the lack of common criteria except the price and the square meters. What Russia holds for the future of architecture and its people only time will tell.

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Darsan Babu, an architect, dreamer and a storyteller who loves to take on challenges and reform perspectives on some days, but sit by the mountain and quote words of Howard Roark on others. Would love to explore all things architecture, educate and shape the Urbanscape soon enough.

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