Events
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".
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".
Thu, 13 August 2026
6:30PM
Art History and the Cultural Character of War
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.
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".
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.
Tue, 25 August 2026
11:00AM
Utopics and dystopia within the iconomy
Terry Smith
A lecture on world picturing by contemporary artists. Part Four of Professor Terry Smith's lecture series, "Visions, bodies, shadows, worlds".
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".