Cornell in Rome instructor Jeffrey Blanchard, left, takes a moment to point out important aspects of the Roman Forum from atop the Capitoline Hill. Learn more about the Cornell in Rome program.
Bachelor of fine arts students present thesis projects in a final presentation and critique at the end of the spring semester. The B.F.A. curriculum combines the intensive studio culture of the art department with enhanced access to electives in all areas of the university. Learn more about applying to the B.F.A. program.
July 13: A discussion on monuments, memorials, and today's international transitional justice movement.
Graduating students in architecture, art, and planning programs have completed a uniquely challenging final semester at Cornell.
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev: Entanglement
Department of Art Fall 2010 Lecture Series
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev is a writer and curator based in Rome, Turin, and New York City. She has written extensively on the 1960s Arte Povera movement and is interested in the relationships between historical avant-gardes and contemporary art. She is currently chief curator at the Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art in Italy and has been named artistic director of dOCUMENTA 13, a preeminent exhibition of modern and contemporary art. dOCUMENTA 13 will take place in Kassel, Germany during the summer of 2012. Previously she was an independent curator in Europe; senior curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City; and artistic director of the 2008 Sydney Biennale. At P.S.1 she cocurated Greater New York, a collaboration with New York’s Museum of Modern Art that documented the emergence of a new generation of artists in the city.
