Events

A painting by Renaissance artist Giorgione.

Tue, 4 August 2026

11:00AM

Visual allegories of seeing as knowing

Terry Smith

A lecture about Piero Della Francesca's painting of St Augustine, Giorgione, and Plato’s Allegory of the cave. Part One of Professor Terry Smith's lecture series, "Visions, bodies, shadows, worlds".

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A pastel drawing by Impressionist artist Edgar Degas.

Tue, 11 August 2026

11:00AM

Bodies as mediums of modernity

Terry Smith

A lecture about Edgar Degas and Willem de Kooning, Suzanne Valadon and Frida Kahlo. Part Two of Professor Terry Smith's lecture series, "Visions, bodies, shadows, worlds".

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A photograph of the Wawel castle in Krakow, Poland

Paul B. Jaskot

A lecture on architecture and urban planning as central to the Nazi military occupation of Europe. An event to mark Paul B. Jaskot's new book, "The Tyranny of the Object: An Introduction to the Barbarism of Art History", published by Power Publications.

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Tue, 18 August 2026

11:00AM

Modalities of Everywhen

Terry Smith

A lecture about Yirawala, Narritjin Maymuru, Johnny Warangkula Tjupurrula, Emily Kam Kngwarreye, and Archie Moore’s kith and kin. Part Three of Professor Terry Smith's lecture series, "Visions, bodies, shadows, worlds".

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Wed, 19 August 2026

6:00PM

Networks of Invisible Labour

Hương Ngô

Chicago-based artist Hương Ngo unearths networks of invisible labor, and their place within histories of the Asian and Southeast Asian diaspora.

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A photograph of Archie Moore's installation "kith and kin".

Terry Smith

A lecture on world picturing by contemporary artists. Part Four of Professor Terry Smith's lecture series, "Visions, bodies, shadows, worlds".

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Fri, 13 November 2026

12:00PM

What is Asian American Art?

Laura Kina

Artist Laura Kina discusses her work, and its relationship to the framework of "American Asian Art". 

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