Professor David Getsy has been applauded by Holland Cotter of the New York Times for curating Rubbish and Dreams: The Genderqueer Performance Art of Stephen Varble at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in Manhattan. An artist forgotten by the art world, Getsy was sure to locate Stephen Varble alongside his “radical contemporaries” in the field: such as Scott Burton, Adrian Piper, and Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, reports the New York Times. Protest fueled Varble’s work—the more famous he became, the more poignant and anti-capitalist and -materialist his message was. Although precious few relics remain of Varble’s costumes, Getsy made the show, “a model of how to reconstruct and revivify a performing career through archival matter.”
To see photographs of the show and read more on Getsy’s work on Stephen Varble’s art and life, read the New York Times piece online.
February 18, 2020
Delinda Collier Named a CASVA Senior Fellow
Associate Professor Delinda Collier (Art History, Theory, and Criticism) has been named a 2020 Ailsa Mellon Bruce Visiting Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA).
January 2, 2020
Chicago Tribune Names Julie Rodrigues Widholm Chicagoan of the Year in Museums
For the "Chicagoan of the Year in Museums," director of the Depaul Art Museum, Julie Rodrigues Widholm (MA 1999), discusses her leadership at the rising museum.
November 26, 2019
The New York Times Highlights Exhibition on Wars in Iraq, Curated by Ruba Katrib
The New York Times highlighted a current exhibition at MoMA PS1, Theater of Operations: The Gulf Wars 1991–2011, co-curated by Ruba Katrib (BA 2004).
