Department of Art History

Naval Krishna, a distinguished scholar of Indian painting and former Joint Director of the Bharat Kala Bhawan Museum at Banaras Hindu University, India will be delivering a lecture ”Maharajas, Painters, and Patronage in Indian Painting on Monday, May 21, 2012.  This event is open to the public.
Monday, May 21, 2012 
Buford House, Room 202
922 West Franklin Street
4:00pm

Dennis Durham, Visiting Lecurer and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Art History will be delivering a lecture “Marshall McLuhan’s Media Theory, Informational Theory and Conceptual Art” on Friday, April 20, 2012. This event is open to the public.

Friday, April 20, 2012
Buford House, Room 202
922 West Franklin Street
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Megan O’Neil, Visiting Assistant Professor in Art and Art History at William & Mary will be delivering her lecture “Engaging Ancient Maya Monuments and Histories at Piedras Negras, Guatemala” on Friday, April 27, 2012. This event is open to the public.

Friday, April 27, 2012
Buford House, Room 202
922 West Franklin Street
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Faya Causey, Head of the Department of Academic Programs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC will be delivering a lecture/workshop to Art History Graduate Students on Tuesday, April 10, 2012. 

Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Buford House, Room 202
922 West Franklin Street
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Sarah Betzer, Assistant Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Program in Art History in the McIntire Department of Art, University of Virginia will be delivering a lecture “Ingres’ Shadows” on Friday, April 6, 2012.  This event is open to the public.

Friday, April 6, 2012
Buford House, Room 202
922 West Franklin Street
2:00pm – 4:00pm

Stephen Melville, Professor Emeritus in the Department of History of Art at Ohio State University will be delivering his lecture “Between Image and Medium”.  He has published widely on contemporary art as well as on issues in contemporary theory and historiography.  This event is open to the public.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Buford House, Room 202
922 West Franklin Street
4:00pm – 6:00pm

Peter John Brownlee, Associate Curator, Terra Foundation for American Art will discuss the Terra’s collections policy, history and its partnership with other institutions including the current installation of Samuel Morse’s “Gallery of the Louvre” at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C.  This event is open to all Graduate Students in the Department of Art History.

Friday, October 7, 2011
Buford House, Room 202
922 West Franklin Street
11:00am – 12:30pm

John Rajchman, Adjunct Professor and Director of Modern Art M.A. Programs in the Department of Art and Archaeology at Columbia University will present his lecture on Contemporary Chinese Art.  This lecture is free and open to the public.

Friday, September 9, 2011
Oliver Hall Physical Sciences Wing, room 1031
1001 W. Main Street
4:00pm – 6:00pm

El Anatsui will deliver the 2011 Windmueller Lecture along with Babatunde Lawal, Professor in the Department of Art History.  El Anatsui’s work is featured in the Anderson Gallery’s fall exhibition, ”Environment and Object:  Recent African Art”.  This event is free and open to the public.  For more information please visit the VCUarts Anderson Gallery website.

Monday, September 19, 2011
Grace Street Theatre
934 W. Grace Street
5:30pm – 7:00pm