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Institute of Fine Arts Alumni Newsletter, Number 55, Fall 2020
Number 55 – Fall 2020 NEWSLETTERAlumni PatriciaEichtnbaumKaretzky andZhangEr Neoclasicos rnE'-RTISTREINVENTiD,1~1-1= THEME""'lLC.IIEllMNICOLUCTION MoMA Ano M. Franco .. ..H .. •... 1 .1 e-i =~-:.~ CALLi RESPONSE Nyu THE INSTITUTE Published by the Alumni Association of II IOF FINE ARTS 1 Contents Letter from the Director In Memoriam ................. .10 The Year in Pictures: New Challenges, Renewed Commitments, Alumni at the Institute ..........16 and the Spirit of Community ........ .3 Iris Love, Trailblazing Archaeologist 10 Faculty Updates ...............17 Conversations with Alumni ....... .4 Leatrice Mendelsohn, Alumni Updates ...............22 The Best Way to Get Things Done: Expert on Italian Renaissance An Interview with Suzanne Deal Booth 4 Art Theory 11 Doctors of Philosophy Conferred in 2019-2020 .................34 The IFA as a Launching Pad for Seventy Nadia Tscherny, Years of Art-Historical Discovery: Expert in British Art 11 Master of Arts and An Interview with Jack Wasserman 6 Master of Science Dual-Degrees Dora Wiebenson, Conferred in 2019-2020 .........34 Zainab Bahrani Elected to the American Innovative, Infuential, and Academy of Arts and Sciences .... .8 Prolifc Architectural Historian 14 Masters Degrees Conferred in 2019-2020 .................34 Carolyn C Wilson Newmark, Noted Scholar of Venetian Art 15 Donors to the Institute, 2019-2020 .36 Institute of Fine Arts Alumni Association Offcers: Alumni Board Members: Walter S. Cook Lecture Susan Galassi, Co-Chair President Martha Dunkelman [email protected] and William Ambler [email protected] Katherine A. Schwab, Co-Chair [email protected] Matthew Israel [email protected] [email protected] Yvonne Elet Vice President Gabriella Perez Derek Moore Kathryn Calley Galitz [email protected] Debra Pincus [email protected] Debra Pincus Gertje Utley Treasurer [email protected] Newsletter Lisa Schermerhorn Rebecca Rushfeld Reva Wolf, Editor Lisa.Schermerhorn@ [email protected] [email protected] kressfoundation.org Katherine A. -
Annual Report
ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018 AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM JULY 1, 2017–JUNE 30, 2018 “The American Folk Art Museum seems to mount some of the best shows in the country.” —JERRY SALTZ NEW YORK MAGAZINE, AUGUST 20, 2018 AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2018 WELCOME LETTER 2 Jason T. Busch INTRODUCTION 3 Monty Blanchard DASHBOARD 4 EXHIBITIONS 6 LOANS 14 PUBLICATIONS 15 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 16 ADULT PUBLIC PROGRAMS 22 ARCHIVES AND LIBRARY 26 MUSEUM CAREER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM 27 MEMBERS AND FRIENDS 28 FALL BENEFIT GALA 30 MUSEUM SHOP 31 NEW ACQUISITIONS 32 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 36 DONORS, FOLK ART CIRCLE, AND MEMBERS 38 BOARD OF TRUSTEES 41 STAFF 42 IN MEMORIAM 44 Copyright © 2019 by American Folk Art Museum, New York Dear members and friends, It is an honor for me to write you as director of the American Folk Art Museum (AFAM). For me, having the opportunity to lead our critically important museum is like coming home. As a child growing up in Cleveland, Ohio, I was introduced to New York City through AFAM’s iconic painting Situation in America, 1848, which was repro- duced as a coverlet that my mother purchased and lovingly displayed on a wall in our living room. Ever since, AFAM has helped to shape my understanding of self-taught art across time and place. I have been fortunate to serve as a curator and administrator at museums in Hartford, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and St. Louis. I feel privileged to now direct the nation’s leading museum in folk art across four centuries, working with a dedicated and talented staff and trustees to chart the next chapter of AFAM. -
“Ask Iris Love”: Cnidus, Aphrodite and Unorthodox Archeology
Meghan Lacey _____________________________________________________________________________________ “Ask Iris Love”: Cnidus, Aphrodite and Unorthodox Archeology Art and Design Faculty Sponsor: Dr. Dorothy Joiner Abstract The existence of Praxiteles’ sculpture of the Aphrodite of Cnidus has long been regarded within the academic community as an unsolved mystery with many layers left to uncover. For many centuries, only the Roman copies of the sculpture could be referred to in order to comprehend the original stance and figure of Praxiteles’ Aphrodite, which was believed to have been completed in the fourth century B.C. Unfortunately, the remaining copies are believed to be from the late second century A.D. and therefore cannot be counted as reliable evidence to verify the authenticity of the rendition of Praxiteles’ original statue. The span of time between these periods may be too long to be sure of a correlation between the original Greek version and the Roman copies. According to J.J. Pollitt, Aphrodite of Cnidus inspired worship and reverence mostly due to her sensual physical features of her nude appearance, which was newly embraced by the cultural society of fourth century Greece (Art and Experience in Classical Greece 159). In the fifth century, Greek society had shunned the romantic and sexually idealized type of woman who could be objectified in art (Pollitt 159). Only one century later, the psychological changes in the collective conscious of Greece following the Peloponnesian War may have been main contributing factors resulting in a new Hellenistic age that ushered in the introduction of the female nude in Greek art (Pollitt 136-37). This period of Greek art was generally characterized by the emotional states of the facial expressions of the sculpted figures, as well as the exaggerated contrapposto poses of their bodies (Pollitt 159). -
Black Beauty - How Schultz and the Trial of Marion True Changed Museum Acquistions
American University Criminal Law Brief Volume 7 Issue 2 Article 5 2012 Black Beauty - How Schultz and the Trial of Marion True Changed Museum Acquistions Michael Murali American University Washington College of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/clb Part of the Criminal Law Commons Recommended Citation Murali, Michael. "Black Beauty - How Schultz and the Trial of Marion True Changed Museum Acquistions." American University Criminal Law Brief 7, no. 2 (2012): 55-69. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Washington College of Law Journals & Law Reviews at Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in American University Criminal Law Brief by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ American University Washington College of Law. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Black Beauty—How Schultz and the Trial of Marion True Changed Museum Acquisitions MICHAEL MURALI I. INTRODUCTION for prosecuting international cultural property theft under the NSPA, as well as alternative methods of prosecution in the ollecting remainders of history has long been a United States. Finally, Part III addresses the unique and fasci- human pastime. Looting and the trafficking of nating case of the J. Paul Getty Museum (the Getty)—perhaps looted items, especially art, were common as far the largest culprit of acquiring antiquities on the black market— back as ancient Egypt.1 Yet, even in ancient times, and how the trial of Marion True has changed the way museums C conduct business in the United States. -
Annual Report 2010 Chairman’S Letter
EXPLORINGTHEHUMANENDEAVOR NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FORTHEHUMANITIES ANNUAL REPORT 2010 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER June, 2011 Dear Mr. President, It is my privilege to present the 2010 Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, once stated, “The goal should be that everybody gets a chance to read great books and participate in the richness that the humanities bring us.” He was not talking specifically about the mission of NEH when he said this, but he could have been. For over forty-five years, NEH has striven to bring superior humanities re- search and programming to all reaches of America. We do this through a rigorous grant review process that fosters excellence and rewards innovative scholarship. NEH fellowships and collaborative grants stimulate research in all areas of the humanities, from history and literature to philosophy and jurisprudence. This year saw the result of many years of painstaking, NEH-supported editorial work related to the writings of David Livingstone and Charles Darwin. The biggest blockbuster was the publication of the authoritative Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1, which became a bestseller and has so far gone into five printings. We also support work in the faster-paced field of digital humanities. Through Digging into Data grants, scholars are able to gather and analyze works in ways that have never been explored before. The program helps to bridge an understanding gap between scientists, technicians, and humanists. Cross-disciplined research allows for a deeper understanding of the past and the world around us today. From grade schools to universities, humanities are an integral ingredient in democratic education, providing students the tools of citizenship. -
2011 Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Humanities
E X P L O R I N G T H E H U M A N E N D E A V O R NatioNal ENdowmENt for thE humaNitiEs ANNUAL REPORT 2011 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER July 2012 Dear Mr. President, It is my privilege to present the 2011 Annual Report of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The late Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, described the difference between the company that he made into the most valuable in the world and other computer builders by the use of a few words: the liberal arts and the humanities. “Technology alone is not enough,” Jobs said. ”It’s technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the results that make our hearts sing.” As our nation focuses on the need to excel in science, technology, engineering and math, it is particularly important not to lose sight of the purpose of success in these fields—the purpose enumerated as an unalienable right in the Declaration of Independence, the right to the “pursuit of happiness.” The mission of NEH is to give full value to the great branches of scholarly and cultural activity in order to achieve a greater understanding of the past, a wiser analysis of the present, and a more prescient view of the future. For forty-six years, NEH has striven to provide value to the American people by supporting impor tant humanities research and bringing a wide variety of humanities programming to every corner of our nation. We do this by supporting ideas from the grass roots, from scholars and researchers, museum directors and filmmakers, and allowing each individual state humanities council to design humanities programs to fit local interests. -
2006 Annual Report
06 2006 ANNUAL REPORT NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 3 CHAIRMAN’S LETTER The President The White House Washington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: It is my privilege to present to you the 2006 annual report of the National Endowment for the Humanities. In its 40th year, the Endowment continued to bring the wisdom and benefits of the humanities to all Americans—both through our core programs and through the ongoing work of the We the People initiative, which seeks to strengthen the teaching, study, and understanding of American history and culture. This year We the People offered its third annual Bookshelf grants to libraries across the country, featur- ing fifteen classic books for young readers on the theme of “Becoming American.” A generous gift from the McCormick Tribune Foundation allowed NEH to once again double the number of Bookshelf awards, to 2,000 libraries in 2006. We also expanded our We the People Landmarks of American History summer workshops this year to twenty-six historic and cultural sites across the United States, where more than 2,200 K-12 and community college teachers learned about significant American people and events. Also in 2006, recognizing the profound effect that digital technology is having on humanities scholar- ship, programming, and access, the Endowment has taken a leadership role in exploring the new frontier of the digital humanities. Digital technology offers us an unprecedented chance to make the world of the humanities more accessible and more collaborative—so we launched an agency-wide Digital Humanities Initiative, or DHI, to focus our digital efforts and ensure their effectiveness. -
The Library of Prof. Dr. Norbert Kunisch
THE ART OF ANCIENT GREECE, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON GREEK VASE PAINTING The Library of Prof. Dr. Norbert Kunisch Former Director of the Antiquities Department of the Museum of Ruhr-Universität, Bochum, author of a number of volumes of the ”Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: Deutschland” 1,113 titles in over 1,235 volumes Norbert Kunisch at Chartwell 2012 seated on Churchill’s bench Gnomon Bd. 91, 2019 Pensionierung 1997 in alleiniger Verantwortung NORBERT P. KUNISCH † als Direktor. Der Archäologe Norbert Kunisch, weiland Vorangegangen war 1965 die Erwerbung Akademischer Direktor der Universität der Sammlung des Altphilologen Dr. Karl Bochum, starb am 2. Mai 2018 im 84. Welz/Fulda, und bereits 1967 folgte eine Lebensjahr in Oxford. Norbert Kunisch, weitere Schenkung: Der Autor, Kritiker Sohn des Germanisten Hermann Kunisch, und Kunstsammler Albert Schulze- wurde am 16.12.1934 geboren. Nach dem Vellinghausen stiftete der RUB seine hochstehende Schulabschluss am Canisius-Kolleg in Sammlung von Kunst des 20. Berlin studierte er ab 1954 an der FU Berlin, in Athen Jahrhunderts. Damit war der Dualismus und an der LMU München Klassische Archäologie, Alte der Bochumer Universitätssammlung Geschichte und Gräzistik. 1961 wurde er bei Ernst begründet. 1971 und 1974 folgten die Homann-Wedeking promoviert mit der beiden Stiftungen der Privatsammlung des Arbeit ‘Die stiertötende Nike. Typengeschichtliche Industriellen Julius C. Funke und seiner und Mythologische Untersuchungen’ Gattin Margot, ein umfangreicher Fundus (1964), ein früher Versuch, die vor allem an