The Institute of Fine Arts offers a flourishing and diverse array of
public programs throughout the academic year. Programs include annual lecture series, special lectures,
symposia, and conferences which cover an extensive range of time periods
and genres.
Friday, October 2, 4:00 pm
Silberberg Lecture Series
Cynthia Hahn,
Professor of Art History, Medieval Art, Hunter College
Artistic Creativity and the Making of Medieval Reliquaries
Open to the public.
Wednesday October 7, 6:00 pm
Kirk Varnedoe Memorial Lecture
Alexander Potts, 2009 Kirk Varnedoe Visiting Professor, Institute of Fine Arts
Max Loehr Collegiate Professor of the History of Art at the University of Michigan
Painting and the Substance of Things
Open to the public; reservation required.
RSVP to IFA.events@nyu.edu with “Varnedoe” in subject line.
Tuesday October 20, 6:00 pm
Kirk Varnedoe Memorial Lecture
Alexander Potts, 2009 Kirk Varnedoe Visiting Professor, Institute of Fine Arts
Max Loehr Collegiate Professor of the History of Art at the University of Michigan
Assemblage and Totality
Lecture at capacity; we are no longer able to accept reservations for this event.
Wednesday, October 21, 6:00 pm
The Samuel H. Kress Lecture on Paintings and Conservation
Jill Dunkerton,
Restorer, National Gallery, London
In Search of Verrocchio as a Painter: the Cleaning and Examination of
Two Panels at the National Gallery, London
Lecture at capacity; we are no longer able to accept reservations for this event.
Friday, October 23, 4:00 pm
Silberberg Lecture Series
Joan Connelly,
Professor of Classics, New York University
Archaeologies of Performance: Ritual Movement through Greek Sacred Space
Open to the public.
Wednesday, October 28, 6:00 pm
Colloquium on Spanish and Latin American Art and Visual Culture
Andrea Giunta,
Professor of Latin American Art, University of Texas at Austin
Aesthetic of the Foreignness
Open to the public; reservation required.
RSVP to IFA.events@nyu.edu
November
Friday, November 6, 4:00 pm
Silberberg Lecture Series
Tom Learner, Senior Scientist, Head of Modern and Contemporary Art Research
Getty Conservation Institute
The Study and Conservation of Modern Painted Surfaces
Open to the public.
Tuesday, November 10, 6:00 pm
Kirk Varnedoe Memorial Lecture
Alexander Potts, 2009 Kirk Varnedoe Visiting Professor, Institute of Fine Arts,
Max Loehr Collegiate Professor of the History of Art at the University of Michigan
Hybrid Practice and Political Art
Open to the public; reservation required.
RSVP to IFA.events@nyu.edu with “Varnedoe” in subject line.
Wednesday, November 11, 6:30 pm
Artists at the Institute
Allan McCollum
Open to the public; reservation required.
RSVP to IFA.events@nyu.edu with “McCollum” in subject line.
Tuesday, November 17, 6:00 to 8:00 pm
International Contemporary Latin American Art Forum:
Reflections on Isolation & Globalization
Organized in conjunction with PINTA Art Fair
Moderated by Prof. Edward J. Sullivan with panelists Isabela Villanueva, Cecilia Jurado and Franklin Moreno
Open to the public; no reservations required.
Friday, November 20, 4:00 pm
Silberberg Lecture Series
Anne Higonnet, Professor of Art History, Barnard College, Columbia University
Raphael According to Turner
Open to the public.
December
Friday, December 4, 4:00 pm
Silberberg Lecture Series
Claire Zimmerman,
Assistant Professor of History of Art, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Assistant Professor of Architecture, A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
From Chicago to Hunstanton: Photographic Architecture on the Eve of Postmodernism
Open to the public.
Wednesday, December 9, 6:00 pm
Colloquium on Spanish and Latin American Art and Visual Culture
Benjamin Buchloh, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Modern Art, Harvard University
Gabriel Orozco: Sculpture Between Nation State and Global Commodity
Open to the public; reservation required.
Lecture at capacity; we are no longer able to accept reservations for this event.
Friday, December 11, 6:30 pm
Artists at the Institute
Collier Schorr
Open to the public; reservation required.
RSVP to IFA.events@nyu.edu with “Schorr” in subject line.
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