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.
Michael Smith: And then I . . .
Michael Smith is a performance, video, and installation artist who has exhibited widely at fine art and popular venues, including museums, galleries, theaters, festivals, nightclubs, children's parties, television, online, and in the street. His work has been shown internationally at the Tate Modern and South London Gallery, London; Glasgow International; Mumok, Vienna; Jeu de Paume, Paris; the Whitney Museum, Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, and the New Museum in New York City; ICA Philadelphia; and Blanton Museum, Austin. He is represented by Dan Gunn, Berlin; Greene Naftali, New York City; Hales Gallery, London; and Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam.
Smith's works are in the collections of MoMA and the Paley Center for Media, New York City; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Migros Museum, Zurich; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Brazil. Smith has received numerous awards including fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT, New York Foundation for the Arts, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and Alpert Award in the Arts. He is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught since 2001. Smith lives and works in Austin and Brooklyn.
