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News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted Apr 11, 2018
Paul Cézanne, Madame Cézanne in a Red Dress, from 1888–1890. Courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Met Goes Beyond Its Doors to Pick a Leader Who Bridges Art and Technology
For the first time in 60 years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art has reached beyond its own doors for a new leader. (New York Times)
Frick Collection, With Fourth Expansion Plan, Crosses Its Fingers Again
The garden that upended the museum’s previous attempt to renovate its 1914 Gilded Age mansion is now the centerpiece of its revised design. (New York Times)
US Army Teams Up With Conservators to Preserve Outdoor Art
Art conservators and the Army Research Laboratory are working together to conserve outdoor painted sculpture by Alexander Calder, Louise Nevelson, and Tony Smith. (Hyperallergic)
The Lurchingly Uneven Portraits of Paul Cézanne
In an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, wonderments consort with clunkers, often on the same canvas. (The New Yorker)
Humanities and science collaboration isn’t well understood, but letting off STEAM is not the answer
The humanities are not just an ethical adjunct to the sciences. (The Conversation)
International Arts Rights Advisors Survey on Online Harassment
As an artist have you been intimidated, trolled, harassed or bullied online? Share your experiences with International Arts Rights Advisors (IARA), a collective of arts and human rights experts, in this anonymous survey. (IARA)
The Most Beautiful College Libraries in America
Celebrate #NationalLibraryWeek with these academic libraries. (Travel + Leisure)
2018 Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant Winners
posted Apr 09, 2018
CAA is pleased to announce the 2018 recipients of the Terra Foundation for American Art International Publication Grant. This program, which provides financial support for the publication of book-length scholarly manuscripts in the history of American art, is made possible by a generous grant from the Terra Foundation for American Art. For this grant, “American art” is defined as art (circa 1500–1980) of what is now the geographic United States.
The seven Terra Foundation grantees for 2018 are:
Buquet, Benoît, Graphics: Art and design graphique aux États-Unis dans les anées 1960 et 1970, Les Presses Universitaires François-Rabelais.
Winner of the International Author Conference Subvention.
Chicago, Judy, Through the Flower—My Struggle as a Woman Artist, translated into French by Sophie Taam, Les Presses du Réel.
Hills, Patricia, Modern Art in the USA: Issues and Controversies of the 20th Century, translated into Chinese by Qiao Hu, Jiangsu Phoenix Fine Arts Publishing.
Mehring, Frank, Riding the Tidal Wave of Modernism: (Trans)National Approaches to the Artwork of Winold Reiss, Deutscher Kunstverlag.
Winner of the International Author Conference Subvention.
Sheehan, Tanya, Study in Black and White: Race, Photography, Humor, Pennsylvania State University Press.
Sutton, Gloria, Stan VanDerBeek’s Movie-Drome: An Experience Machine, translated into French. Preface by Philippe-Alain Michaud. Éditions B2.
Wells, K. L. H., Weaving Modernism: Postwar Tapestry Between Paris and New York, Yale University Press.
The International Author Conference Subventions confer two non-US authors of top-ranked books travel funds and complimentary registration to attend CAA’s 2019 Annual Conference in New York, February 13-16; they also received one-year CAA memberships.
The two author awardees for 2018 are:
- Benoît Buquet
- Frank Mehring
Kelly Murdoch-Kitt and Denielle Emans
posted Apr 09, 2018
The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.
This week, Kelly Murdoch-Kitt, assistant professor at University of Michigan’s Stamps School of Art and Design, and Denielle Emans, assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University’s campus in Qatar, discuss virtual cross-cultural collaborations.
New in caa.reviews
posted Apr 06, 2018
Kevin Lotery reviews Buon Fresco by Tacita Dean. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Sarah Schaefer examines No Idols: The Missing Theology of Art by Thomas Crow. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Rikki Byrd writes about Dandy Lion: The Black Dandy and Street Style by Shantrelle P. Lewis. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Sybil E. Gohari explores Matisse/Diebenkorn edited by Janet Bishop and Katherine Rothkopf. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Caitlin Beach looks at Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica by Charmaine A. Nelson. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Charles Snyder writes about Oceans of Love: The Uncontainable Gregory Battcock by Gregory Battcock, edited by Joseph Grigely. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Tricia Y. Paik discusses Ellsworth Kelly: Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings, Reliefs, and Sculpture, Volume One, 1940–1953 by Yve-Alain Bois. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Cynthia Colburn reviews Art of Mesopotamia by Zainab Bahrani. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Elizabeth Childs examines Degas, Impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade by Simon Kelly and Esther Bell. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Natilee Harren explores South of Pico: African American Artists in Los Angeles in the 1960s and 1970s by Kellie Jones. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Rachel Boate writes about the exhibition Matisse and American Art at the Montclair Art Museum. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Nadja Rottner discusses the exhibition The Transported Man at the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Annie Paul considers From San Juan to Paris and Back: Francisco Oller and Caribbean Art in the Era of Impressionism by Edward J. Sullivan. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Dorota Biczel reviews Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen by Andrea Andersson, Lucy Lippard, Macarena Gómez-Barris, and Julia Bryan-Wilson. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Erin Hyde Nolan writes about Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East by Ali Behdad. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Serve on a CAA Award Jury – Deadline Extended!
posted Apr 05, 2018
CAA invites nominations and self-nominations for individuals to serve on eight of the thirteen juries for the annual Awards for Distinction for three years (2018–21). Terms begin in May 2018; award years are 2019–21. CAA’s fifteen awards honor artists, art historians, authors, curators, critics, and teachers whose accomplishments transcend their individual disciplines and contribute to the profession as a whole and to the world at large.
Candidates must possess expertise appropriate to the jury’s work and be current CAA members. They should not hold a position on a CAA committee or editorial board beyond May 31, 2018. CAA’s president and vice president for committees appoint jury members for service.
Jury vacancies for spring 2018:
- Charles Rufus Morey Book Award: two members
- Art Journal Award: one member
- Distinguished Feminist Award: one member
- Distinguished Teaching of Art Award: two members
- Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award: two members
- Artist Award for a Distinguished Body of Work: one member
- Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement: one member
- CAA/American Institute for Conservation Award for Distinction in Scholarship and Conservation: one member
Nominations and self-nominations should include a brief statement (no more than 150 words) outlining the individual’s qualifications and experience and a CV (an abbreviated CV no more than two pages, may be submitted). Please send all materials by email to Aakash Suchak, CAA grants and special programs manager; submissions must be sent as Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF attachments. For questions about jury service and responsibilities, contact Tiffany Dugan, CAA director of programs and publications.
Deadline extended! New deadline is: Thursday, May 31, 2018.
News from the Art and Academic Worlds
posted Apr 04, 2018
Michael Rakowitz in front of The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist in Trafalgar Square. Photo by Caroline Teo, via artnet News.
Art’s Most Popular: Exhibition and Museum Visitor Figures 2017
The Art Newspaper’s just-published annual survey ranks the world’s most visited shows, reveals the most cultured city in the US, and explains the secrets behind naming a blockbuster. (The Art Newspaper)
Louvre Says “Non” to Minister’s Mona Lisa Grand Tour
France’s culture minister Françoise Nyssen initially proposed lending the work as a way to fight “cultural segregation.” (The Art Newspaper)
Tourist Attraction in Indonesia Rips Off Chris Burden, Yayoi Kusama, and Museum of Ice Cream
A tourism park in Indonesia aiming to be a destination for selfies is under fire for its attractions that copy widely recognized contemporary artworks. (Hyperallergic)
Why the City of Los Angeles Hired a “Chief Design Officer”
Christopher Hawthorne, The Los Angeles Times architecture critic since 2004, will become the city’s first chief design officer, a position offered to him by Mayor Eric Garcetti. (Hyperallergic)
The Ghost of Iraq’s Lost Heritage Comes to Trafalgar Square as Michael Rakowitz Unveils His Fourth Plinth Sculpture
The Iraqi-American artist unveiled his Fourth Plinth commission in London on March 28th. (artnet News)
John Baldessari Gets the Greatest Accolade of Them All – a Guest Turn on The Simpsons
John Baldessari has been the recipient of countless awards in the course of his long career. But last week, he received the highest honor of them all: a guest appearance on The Simpsons. (Apollo Magazine)
“Decentering Land Art from the Borderlands” on Art Journal Open
posted Apr 04, 2018
Through the Repellent Fence, 2017 (film still), dir. Sam Wainwright Douglas, 74 mins.
Just published on Art Journal Open, “Decentering Land Art from the Borderlands: A Review of Through the Repellent Fence” by Emily Eliza Scott presents a close look at the 2017 film Through the Repellent Fence, a documentary about the interdisciplinary collective Postcommodity. Scott examines Postcommodity’s practice, its relation to and divergences from Land art traditions, and the role of art along the US-Mexico border. Click here to read more.
Art Journal Open is a forum for the visual arts that presents artists’ projects, conversations and interviews, scholarly essays, and other forms of content from across the cultural field. Published by CAA, Art Journal Open is the online, open-access affiliate to Art Journal, a quarterly journal devoted to twentieth- and twenty-first-century art and art history.
Rejoin CAA in April and Get 25% Off Your Membership
posted Apr 02, 2018
The CAA 106th Annual Conference in Los Angeles. Image by Rafael Cardenas
Has your CAA membership lapsed? Spring is the time to come back to CAA. Rejoin CAA during the month of April and get 25% off any Tiered membership level.
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We are working hard to add new member benefits all the time, like publisher discounts, hotel discounts, discounts on legal services, and website design and printing services. We are speaking out on behalf of the profession to ensure the visual arts remain strong and vibrant. We are making CAA the organization every professional in the visual arts must be part of.
Plan on participating in the 2019 Annual Conference, February 13-16, 2019? Submissions are due April 27, 2018.
Join your colleagues and fellow professionals in creating the programming for the largest gathering of art historians, artists, designers, curators, arts administrators, museum professionals, and others in the visual arts.
Now is the perfect time to rejoin and save.
Offer valid from April 1–April 30, 2018 to all individual lapsed members for a one-year membership. Log in to your CAA account to view the discount code. Code will be visible after log in from April 1–April 30, 2018.
Questions? Contact Member Services at 212-691-1051, ext. 1.
Justin Lincoln and Amy Alexander
posted Apr 02, 2018
The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.
This week, Justin Lincoln and Amy Alexander discuss programming in the arts.
Justin Lincoln is associate professor in New Genres and Digital Art at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington where he is bringing the indie/DIY ethos to get his students involved with new media.
Amy Alexander is an associate professor in Visual Arts at UC San Diego. Her teaching bounces around the overlaps of tech art, public art, expanded cinema, and performance and is sprinkled with occasional bursts of unabashed geekery.
New in caa.reviews
posted Mar 29, 2018
Amanda Douberley writes about Dwan Gallery: Los Angeles to New York, 1959-1971 by James Meyer. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Laura Cleaver discusses Art of Documentation: Documents and Visual Culture in Medieval England by Jessica Berenbeim. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Julia Peters reviews Fugitive Objects: Sculpture and Literature in the German Nineteenth Century by Catriona MacLeod. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Karin Zitzewitz examines Visions from India by The Pizzuti Collection and Greer Pagano. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Alessandra Raengo looks at the exhibition Mickalene Thomas: Mentors, Muses, and Celebrities at Spelman College Museum of Fine Art. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Lauren Rosenblum discusses the exhibition Between Land and Sea: Artists of the Coenties Slip at the Menil Collection. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Susan Danly reviews Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern by Wanda M. Corn. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Tanja Klemm explores Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature by Alva Noë. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Sandra Zalman writes about the exhibition Sol LeWitt: Glossy and Flat Black Squares at Rice University Art Gallery. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Anya Pantuyeva examines Mi Tierra: Contemporary Artists Explore Place by Rebecca R. Hart. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Charlie F. B. Miller analyzes Form as Revolt: Carl Einstein and the Ground of Modern Art by Sebastian Zeidler. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Harper Montgomery writes about the exhibition Embodied Absence: Chilean Art of the 1970s Now at the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Phoebe Wolfskill reviews African-American Art: A Visual and Cultural History by Lisa Farrington. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Mark Hinchman explores The Politics of Furniture: Identity, Diplomacy and Persuasion in Post-War Interiors edited by Fredie Floré and Cammie McAtee. Read the full review at caa.reviews.
Ariel Osterweis looks at The Off-Staging of William Forsythe’s Dance in the Museum. Read the full review at caa.reviews.