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ANNUAL 2015-2016 Your Destination for the Past, Present, and Future of Art ANNUAL 2015-2016 Your destination for the past, present, and future of art. Table of Contents 2 Introduction 1 0 F a c u l t y a n d F i e l d s o f S t u d y 1 6 S p e c i a l A ppointments 1 8 F a c u l t y R e s e a r c h 22 Spotlight on Students and Alumni 34 Excavations 40 Contemporary Art at The Institute 42 Public Programming 5t 6 S t u d y a T h e I n s t i t u t e 60 PhD and MA Graduates 63 Course Offerings 74 Support The Institute Credits: The text for the 2016 Annual was compiled by Patryk Tomaszewski. Photography was provided by: Lisa Hoang, Kunj Karia, Greg Maka, Nita Lee Roberts, Jenni Rodda, Scott Rudd, Marvin Trachtenberg, and Jason Varone. The 2016 Annual was designed by Jason Varone. Art History and Archaeology The Conservation Center The James B. Duke House The Stephen Chan House 1 East 78th Street 14 East 78th Street New York, NY 10075 New York, NY 10075 Tel: (212) 992 5800 Tel: (212) 992 5847 [email protected] [email protected] Inside cover: Installation view of the Great Hall Exhibition featuring Mental Earth by Charles Simonds. Welcome from the Director ach year the Annual faces in two (Senior Curator of Asian Art and Senior Advisor of directions, Janus-like, looking back Global Arts at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum). E at some of the year’s activities and I have selected those two projects from among many achievements and forward to the upcoming year’s other activities because they represent the ways that academic program. That is a comprehensive gaze, we cross generations and mix and match among but by no means does it comprehend all that has members of The Institute to work creatively and happened or much of what we can anticipate. For collaboratively in our fields, across institutions, and both, keep your eyes on the website. Turn to our across the art world widely defined. video archive to view or re-view a selection of the lectures and conferences that have taken place. The autumn will also be dedicated to appointing the Find out about current research, about faculty next director of The Institute, who will be responsible and students, about exhibitions, excavations, for taking The Institute forward at a time when NYU and alumni achievements. Check the schedule of will be positioning itself according to the vision of events, and plan to be part of what is going on. its new president. That is an uncertain, if exciting, 2 Note our new look – one result of the past year’s prospect. Having had the honor of directing The The Institute of Fine Arts Annual 2015-2016 Arts The Institute of Fine brainstorming about The Institute’s profile and Institute over the past seven years, I can say with its communication strategies. And take note of certainty that its outstanding faculty, students, the fact that we have dropped the nickname IFA staff, alumni, Trustees, and supporters have the and affirmed our identity as The Institute, which collective strength, resilience, and every gift of energy, is a statement of that identity as a community of intellectual acumen, deep wisdom, and individual and researchers and a place for advanced study and institutional dedication to engage with that future with teaching in our interconnected disciplines of art the same distinction that characterizes its past – all history, archaeology, and conservation. those qualities that have made it The Institute. Highlighting the past year in this letter is always a difficult task. There are too many options. So I have decided to leave it to you to make your own choices to star as you read what follows. Instead I will point Patricia Rubin out a few things to anticipate. In the autumn the Great Judy and Michael Steinhardt Director Hall Exhibition program will expand from its twice- The Institute of Fine Arts yearly installations of works by leading contemporary artists to include longer loans of paintings displayed throughout the public rooms on the ground floor. Both projects are organized by student curators working with artists, dealers, galleries, and collectors, and faculty coordinator, Robert Slifkin, who has been joined this year by Board member, Valeria Napoleone (herself a passionate and major collector, promoter, and sponsor of works by contemporary women artists). We will also be continuing our Crossing Boundaries conversations, following last spring’s sessions with two more cross-institutional workshops to examine the terms, the methods, the means, and the actual and historical consequences of realigning the geography of art and art history. The topics for each conversation are devised by student coordinators in collaboration with alumna and Board Entrance to the James B. Duke House member, Alexandra Munroe Message from the Chairman s I look back on my first year as It is was with great pleasure that we welcomed our Chairman of The Institute of Fine Arts newest Trustee, Valeria Napoleone, to the Board A Board of Trustees, I am filled with in 2016. A London-based art collector and patron, pride and gratitude: pride for the tremendous Valeria is focused on the work of contemporary accomplishments of The Institute’s faculty, women artists. She is head of the Development students, and alumni; and gratitude for the Committee at the non-profit gallery Studio Voltaire; steadfast generosity of so many members of our a Trustee of the Contemporary Art Society; sits as a community. Due to this support, 2016 marks the member of the Board of the Fashion Arts Foundation most successful fundraising year in The Institute’s of the British Fashion Council; and is a member of history, with over $14.5 million raised. the President’s Global Council at NYU. In June 2015 Valeria launched “Valeria Napoleone XX,” a new We have passed the $30 million mark of our $50 platform for projects and initiatives that work towards million Momentum Campaign for student support, increasing the representation of female artists in beginning its final year in 2017. We are enormously major museums. Valeria received a BA from NYU’s grateful to the donors who have contributed to this Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and an MA in 3 vital initiative and in so doing, have brought us to Art Gallery Administration at the Fashion Institute of this remarkable achievement (see page 80). We are Technology, NYC. Annual 2015-2016 Arts The Institute of Fine determined to fulfill our highest ambitions for this campaign, which allows The Institute to attract and From our Great Hall Exhibitions, to public lectures, to retain some of the most talented scholars in the fields conferences and symposia, The Institute has never of art history, archaeology, and conservation. provided a wider array of opportunities for those with a passion for art. The Connoisseurs Circle continues to be one of the most vibrant patron programs in New York City: course auditing privileges, private collection and artist studio visits; curator-led exhibition tours; and day trips are just some of the benefits of membership. Marica Vilcek Our Legacy Society, which recognizes donors who Chairman have made a commitment to The Institute in their estate plans, also continues to flourish, with 30 members (see page 75). Boardf o Trustees Marica Vilcek, Chairman Anne Poulet Anne Ehrenkranz, Vice Chairman Lauren Berkley Saunders Stephen Lash, Chairman Emeritus Deanie Stein Sheldon H. Solow, Chairman Emeritus Judy Steinhardt, Chairman Emerita Ex-Officiis Suzanne Deal Booth Martin Dorph Estrellita Brodsky Katherine Fleming Gail Engelberg Andrew Hamilton Larry Gagosian Philippe de Montebello Nancy Lee Terrance Nolan James R. McCredie Patricia Rubin Alexandra Munroe Luke Syson Valeria Napoleone Ann Temkin The Institute | Staff Director’s Office Betty Tsang (until 5/2016) Library (212) 992-5806 Academic Advisor (212) 992-5825 Patricia Rubin Hope Spence Amy Lucker Judy and Michael Steinhardt Academic Assistant Head, Institute Libraries Director Conservation Center Daniel Biddle David O’Connor (until 5/2016) (212) 992-5848 Supervisor, Deputy Director for Faculty and Conservation Center Library Administration Hannelore Roemich Chairman and Professor of Michael Hughes Alexander Nagel Conservation Science Reference and Public Deputy Director for Academic Services Librarian Affairs Jessica Cayer Grants Administrator Kimberly Hannah 4 Brenda Phifer Shrobe Library Assistant Assistant to the Director for Amelia Catalano The Institute of Fine Arts Annual 2015-2016 Arts The Institute of Fine Administration and Human Manager, Laboratories and Shirin Khaki Resources Study Collection Library Assistant Development and Public Kevin Martin Gary Speziale Affairs Office Academic Advisor Special Projects Assistant (212) 992-5812 Shan Kuang (as of 5/2016) Digital Media and Sarah Higby (as of 11/2016) Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Computer Services Director of Development Painting Conservation (212) 992-5810 Hope O’Reilly (until 9/2016) Rita Berg (until 1/2016) Jenni Rodda Director of Development Samuel H. Kress Fellow in Department Manager Painting Conservation Andrea Yglesias (until 11/2016) Jason Varone Development Officer Building Office Web & Electronic (212) 992-5811 Media Manager Kathryn Falato Development Officer Richard Malloy Joe Rosario Assistant Director, Computer Services Manager Joseph Moffett FCM Operations Part Time Development Assistant George L. Cintron Wilfred Manzo Computer and Network Academic Office Facilities Supervisor Support Technician (212) 992-5868 Richard Nealon Nita Lee Roberts Alexander Nagel Assistant Facilities Supervisor Photographer Director of Graduate Studies Robert Doucette Fatima Tanglao Katherine Welch Building Operator Circulation and Director of Masters Studies Reference Assistant Finance Office Lisa Hoang (212) 992-5895 Public Safety Administrator of Academic (212) 992-5808 Programs Jennifer Chung Director of Budget James Cook Conley Lowrance (as of 8/2016) and Planning Public Safety Officer Academic Advisor Lisa McGhie Egerton Kelly Financial Analyst Public Safety Officer Michele D.
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