Art and Performance

Four Metaphors of Modernism: From Der Sturm to the Société Anonyme Four Metaphors of Modernism From Der Sturm to the Société Anonyme Jenny Anger 2018 Spring
Exploring the significance of metaphor in modern art
The Truth Is Always Grey: A History of Modernist Painting The Truth Is Always Grey A History of Modernist Painting Frances Guerin 2018 Spring
Changing how we look at and think about the color grey
A Capsule Aesthetic: Feminist Materialisms in New Media Art A Capsule Aesthetic Feminist Materialisms in New Media Art Kate Mondloch 2018 Spring
How new media art informed by feminism yields important and original insights about interacting with technologies
Hard Bodies: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture Hard Bodies Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Sculpture Andreas Marks 2017 Fall
It’s an art nearly as old as civilization itself—with a twenty-first century attitude
Body Modern: Fritz Kahn, Scientific Illustration, and the Homuncular Subject Body Modern Fritz Kahn, Scientific Illustration, and the Homuncular Subject Michael Sappol 2017 Spring
An imaginative exploration of how Fritz Kahn’s popular scientific illustrations visualized and performed industrial modernity
Asking the Audience: Participatory Art in 1980s New York Asking the Audience Participatory Art in 1980s New York Adair Rounthwaite 2017 Spring
How participatory art enabled collaboration between institutions and politicized artists in 1980s New York
The Stakes of Exposure: Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art The Stakes of Exposure Anxious Bodies in Postwar Japanese Art Namiko Kunimoto 2017 Spring
The first major English-language study of Japan’s most important postwar artists
Mirror Affect: Seeing Self, Observing Others in Contemporary Art Mirror Affect Seeing Self, Observing Others in Contemporary Art Cristina Albu 2016 Fall
Examining reflective art and its impact on how we see ourselves and fellow spectators
The Art of Cooking The Art of Cooking Martha Rosler 2016 Fall
A crucial unpublished art historical document
René Magritte: Selected Writings René Magritte Selected Writings René Magritte 2016 Fall
An indispensable literary complement to the paintings of René Magritte—the first collected in a single volume
Repainting the Walls of Lunda: Information Colonialism and Angolan Art Repainting the Walls of Lunda Information Colonialism and Angolan Art Delinda Collier 2016 Spring
Untangles, yet complicates, a tale of African art from rural dwelling to the World Wide Web
Becoming Past: History in Contemporary Art Becoming Past History in Contemporary Art Jane Blocker 2015 Fall
A brilliantly argued call for the presence of time and history in art today
The Art of Wonder: Inspiration, Creativity, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts The Art of Wonder Inspiration, Creativity, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Editor 2015 Fall
The setup was open-ended and deceptively simple: muse about art and the nature of creativity and wonder
Barry Le Va: The Aesthetic Aftermath Barry Le Va The Aesthetic Aftermath Michael Maizels 2015 Fall
A pioneering study of one of contemporary art’s most compelling artists—and a new window on an era of social unrest
Barnstorming the Prairies: How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest Barnstorming the Prairies How Aerial Vision Shaped the Midwest Jason Weems 2015 Fall
How flight led to a new view of the Midwest, making it the center of the nation in more ways than one