Sarah Sulistio Before becoming the Director and Chief Curator of the Boston University Art Gallery, you were a curator at MoMA PS1 and one of the founders of Cleopatra’s in Brooklyn. Arguably, your move to Boston University could be…
The Visual Culture Consortium (VCC) is an association of New England scholars, university-level educators, and professionals in the fields of art history, studio art, and visual culture. The VCC is best known for its annual Boston Area Undergraduate Art History…
Lumen Collective is an interdisciplinary arts collective made up of eight to ten artists, aged 22 to 28 years, from diverse backgrounds and working in various media. Its members are Ben Aron, Andrea Zampitella, Angelina Zhou, Mary Booras, Danielle Freiman,…
I first saw Wang Haiyang’s animated videos last August at the opening of Future: Sub-Phenomenon at Beijing’s Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum. The monumental exhibition surveyed countless young Chinese artists, all of whom are addressing current social problems and…
Toki Eishö (active late 18th century) Japan, Edo Period, 18th century Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk Honolulu Academy of Arts, Richard Lane Collection (2007.143) On November 29, 2012, Boston University’s Department of History of Art & Architecture…
The inaugural Designers and Books Fair was held from October 26—28 at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Based on the website DesignersAndBooks.com, the fair attempted to emulate the site’s focus on the relationship between designers and…
By Sarah Sulistio October 12, 2012 Recognized by ArtReview as the art world’s “Most Powerful Figure” in 2011, Ai Weiwei is no stranger to the art world. Best-known for his collaboration with Herzog & de Meuron on the design…
By Sarah Sulistio October 08, 2012 On Friday October 5, Brazilian contemporary artist Vik Muniz was invited to speak at Boston University. Muniz is renowned for his documentary Waste Land, on his photographic portraits of trash pickers living…