Globally Connected @FIT: A Conversation on Contemporary Art in Greece

Curator Daphne Vitali (National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece) in conversation with Chrysa Tasioula (FIT's Art History and Museum Professions) Daphne Vitali is a young and emerging curator at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens in Greece. Recently curated projects include “Deeper Than Silence,” a series of sound art commissions at the Roman Agora in […]

Black Queer Masculinities in Modern and Contemporary Film: A Conversation

Business and Liberal Arts Center, Room B819 Fashion Institute of Technology, 227 West 27th Street, New York, NY, United States

Click to enlarge. Isaac Jean-François, Yale University, in a conversation with Richard Montañez, Art History and Museum Professions '22, on the short film Tongues Untied (1989) by Marlon Riggs, winner of a 1987 Emmy Award. Jean-François and Montañez will explore Black and Brown queer identities and their experiences of silence, rejection, community, and self-acceptance. FIT […]

A Yearning for Perfection

Join a conversation between Tom Bronk (b. 1944) and John Paul Jang (AHMP ‘22). In his Op Art paintings, Bronk explores ratio, linearity, and symmetry. His diagnosis of late stage […]

New Curating: Justice, Museums, and the Power of the Grand Narrative

Three panelists engage in a conversation on innovative aspects and new ways of curating histories and art. Learn about exciting new initiatives and directions to diversify traditional displays in art galleries and museums. How has curating changed in recent years, and how have art galleries and museums with traditional curatorial roles focused on specific periods […]

Mean Girls? Thinking About Women in Ancient Egypt and Western Asia in 2022

Join a conversation on misconceptions about ancient women and more with Ann Macy Roth (New York University) and Majdolene Dajani (Metropolitan Museum of Art). How do ancient women matter in our times? What is the current understanding of the role of women in ancient societies? Were there any parts in society where women were not […]