History
Red and the Sack of Rome
Join art historian Ted Barrow as we take a plunge into the world of pigment and color and focus on the importance of Red and the fascinating history behind the color. This Olio examines the material exchange between the Americas and Europe, focusing on the color red and the different ways in which the pigment […]
Exhibition Gallery Talk: Modern Glass and Ancient Middle Eastern Craftsmanship
Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, NYU 15 East 84th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThis gallery talk with Amy Lemaire is given in conjunction with ISAW's exhibition A Wonder to Behold: The Power of Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate. Amy Lemaire is a multi-disciplinary artist and educator based in Brooklyn, NY. An explorer at heart, her work reveals an interest in currency systems, material language poetics, […]
Frick Perspectives: Impressed by Degas, Monet, Renoir
Frick Collection 1 E 70th St, New York, NY, United StatesBest known for its collection of Old Masters, the Frick also has a small but significant group of Impressionist paintings. Learn about Henry Clay Frick’s interest in Impressionism and how his collecting activity compared with contemporaneous Chicago collectors such as Bertha and Potter Palmer.
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Origin of Western Civilization
The Explorer's Club 46 E 70th Street, New York, NY, United StatesPublic Lecture Series with with Dr. Adolfo D. Roitman More than 70 years ago, Bedouin shepherds discovered a series of jars containing scrolls in a cave in the West Bank. The unearthing of these ancient Jewish manuscripts, now known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, set forth a modern day adventure into the past. In the […]
A Woman’s Place: U.S. Counterterrorism Since 9/11
National September 11 Memorial and Museum 180 Greenwich St., New York, NY, United StatesJoana Cook is a senior research fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King’s College London. Her new book, A Woman's Place: U.S. Counterterrorism Since 9/11, explores the significant role of women in key U.S. national security agencies. Cook also considers how women in al-Qaeda and ISIS have influenced the evolution of these […]