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New in caa.reviews
posted by CAA — March 20, 2020
John Muse writes about Dread Scott’s Slave Rebellion Reenactment, a contemporary recreation of the 1811 German Coast Uprising. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Catherine Spencer explores the immersive traveling exhibition Nick Cave: Until. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Alison Singer discusses three recent shows at the Baltimore Museum of Art: Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art; Melvin Edwards: Crossroads; and Every Day: Selections from the Collection. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
New in caa.reviews
posted by CAA — March 13, 2020
Nina Lubbren discusses Jean-Léon Gérôme and the Crisis of History Painting in the 1850s by Gülru Çakmak. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Yanhua Zhou writes about Meiqin Wang’s Socially Engaged Art in Contemporary China: Voices from Below. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Ron E. Reichman reviews the SFMOMA exhibition and catalog April Dawn Alison. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
New in caa.reviews
posted by CAA — March 06, 2020
The three former field editors for theory and historiography—David Carrier, Michael Ann Holly, and Andrei O. Pop—reflect on the state of the field(s) and the place of reviewing in the theoretical life of art history. Read the full discussion at caa.reviews.
Tobias Vogt writes about the 2019 Venice Biennale, May You Live in Interesting Times. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Esra Akın-Kıvanç discusses The Making of the Artist in Late Timurid Painting by Lamia Balafrej. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
New in caa.reviews
posted by CAA — February 28, 2020
Diana Seave Greenwald reviews Out of Earshot: Sound, Technology, and Power in American Art, 1860–1900, by Asma Naeem. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Grace Harpster discusses the exhibition Through a Glass, Darkly: Allegory and Faith in Netherlandish Prints from Lucas van Leyden to Rembrandt at the Carlos Museum, Atlanta. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Susan Danly writes about the catalog Winslow Homer and the Camera: Photography and the Art of Painting by Dana E. Byrd and Frank H. Goodyear III. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
New in caa.reviews
posted by CAA — February 21, 2020
Jessamine Batario considers Sam Rose’s Art and Form: From Roger Fry to Global Modernism. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Holly Flora discusses Women, Art and Observant Franciscan Piety: Caterina Vigri and the Poor Clares in Early Modern Ferrara by Kathleen Giles Arthur. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Kerri A. Pfister reviews the exhibition Della Robbia: Sculpting with Color in Renaissance Florence. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Nancy Locke delves into Carol Armstrong’s book Cézanne’s Gravity. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
New in caa.reviews
posted by CAA — February 07, 2020
Dániel Margócsy reviews Insect Artifice: Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt by Marisa Anne Bass. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Sven Dupré writes about Art and Optics in the Hereford Map: An English Mappa Mundi, c. 1300 by Marcia Kupfer. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Beth Saunders discusses Anthony W. Lee’s book The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
New in caa.reviews
posted by CAA — January 31, 2020
Sabra Moore writes about the Harwood Museum’s exhibition Judy Chicago: The Birth Project from New Mexico Collections. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Whitney Davis and Justin Underhill review Scale and the Incas by Andrew James Hamilton. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Malika Maskarinec discusses Art and Form: From Roger Fry to Global Modernism by Sam Rose. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Deadlines extended! Serve on a CAA Committee or Editorial Board
posted by CAA — January 27, 2020
Attendees at the 2020 Annual Conference in Chicago. Photo: Stacey Rupolo
Each spring, members have the opportunity to provide crucial service to the field and gain an inside view by volunteering to work on a CAA committee or editorial board.
Any member may self-nominate for the following positions or (after ascertaining interest) nominate another member. For more information, please click on the links below.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES
Art Journal—Editor-In-Chief
Deadline (extended): June 1, 2020
caa.reviews—Field Editor for East Asian Art
Deadline (extended): June 1, 2020
Publications Committee—Two Members
Deadline (extended): June 1, 2020
PAST OPPORTUNITIES
Art Journal / Art Journal Open (AJO) Editorial Board—Three Members
Deadline: April 15, 2020
The Art Bulletin Editorial Board—One Member
Deadline: April 15, 2020
The Art Bulletin—One Reviews Editor or Coeditor Team
Deadline: April 15, 2020
caa.reviews Editorial Board—Three Members (One an Emerging Professional)
Deadline: April 15, 2020
caa.reviews—Eight Field Editors
African Art, African Diaspora/African American Art, Architecture and Urban Planning, Asian Art, Contemporary Art, Exhibitions: East Coast, Exhibitions: Midwest, Exhibitions: West Coast
Deadline: April 15, 2020
caa.reviews Seeks Three Editorial Board Members, One an Emerging Professional
posted by CAA — January 27, 2020
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for two individuals to serve on the caa.reviews Editorial Board for four-year terms, July 1, 2020–June 30, 2024. Candidates may be artists, art historians, art critics, art educators, curators, or other art professionals with stature in the field and experience writing or editing books and/or exhibition reviews; institutional affiliation is not required.
One of the editorial board seats is reserved for an Emerging Professional, defined as an active member of CAA who is in graduate school or in the first two (2) years of their career after graduate school.
CAA encourages applications from candidates with a strong record of scholarship who are committed to the imaginative development of caa.reviews. An online journal, caa.reviews is devoted to the peer review of recent books, museum exhibitions, and projects relevant to the fields of art history, visual studies, and the arts.
The editorial board advises the editor-in-chief and field editors for the journal and helps them to identify books and exhibitions for review and to solicit reviewers, articles, and other content for the journal. The editorial board guides the journal’s editorial program and may propose new initiatives for it. Members stay abreast of trends and issues in the field by attending and reporting on sessions at the CAA Annual Conference and academic conferences, symposia, and other events in their fields.
The caa.reviews Editorial Board meets three times a year, twice in the spring and fall and once at the CAA Annual Conference in February. Members also attend the annual meeting of the caa.reviews Council of Field Editors at the Annual Conference. Members pay their travel and lodging expenses to attend the meeting at the conference. Meetings in the spring and fall are currently held by teleconference. Members of all editorial boards volunteer their services to CAA without compensation.
Candidates must be current CAA members and should not currently serve on the editorial board of a competitive journal or another CAA editorial board or committee. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome. Interested applicants should submit a cover letter describing their interest in and qualifications for appointment, editorial vision and/or experience, as well as additional relevant information regarding experience commissioning and/or writing reviews and related research, curatorial, or creative projects. Please send material to managing editor Joan Strasbaugh, jstrasbaugh@collegeart.org, with either caa.reviews Editorial Board member or Emerging Professional in the subject line.
Deadline: April 15, 2020
caa.reviews Seeks Eight Field Editors
posted by CAA — January 27, 2020
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for EIGHT individuals to join the caa.reviews Council of Field Editors for a three-year term July 1, 2020–June 30, 2023. An online journal, caa.reviews is devoted to the peer review of new books, museum exhibitions, and projects relevant to art history, visual studies, and the arts.
The journal seeks eight field editors in the following areas:
- African Art
- African Diaspora/African American Art
- Architecture and Urban Planning
- Asian Art
- Contemporary Art
- Exhibitions: East Coast
- Exhibitions: Midwest
- Exhibitions: West Coast
Working with the caa.reviews editor-in-chief, the caa.reviews Editorial Board, and CAA’s staff editor, each field editor selects content to be reviewed, commissions reviewers, and considers manuscripts for publication. Field editors for books are expected to keep abreast of newly published and important books and related media in their fields of expertise, and those for exhibitions should be aware of current and upcoming exhibitions (and other related projects) in their geographic regions.
The Council of Field Editors meets yearly at the CAA Annual Conference. Field editors must pay travel and lodging expenses to attend the conference. Members of all CAA committees and editorial boards volunteer their services without compensation.
Candidates must be current CAA members and should not be serving on the editorial board of a competitive journal or on another CAA editorial board or committee. Nominators should ascertain their nominee’s willingness to serve before submitting a name; self-nominations are also welcome. Please email a statement describing your interest in and qualifications for appointment, a CV, and your contact information to managing editor Joan Strasbaugh, jstrasbaugh@collegeart.org. In the subject line please include Council of Field Editors [and the subject area you are applying for].
Deadline: April 15, 2020