We invite you to visit the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery for these April events: ART BUILDS, Wednesday, April 6, 3:00–4:00 p.m. (the first Wednesday of the month) Join us for this months informal drop-in discussion about the art on exhibit in Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style & Modernist Buildings, or come enjoy the gallery as… Keep reading
Beginning Monday, March 14, the Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries will reopen their doors to visitors. Campus visitors who are accompanied by a community member, such as an admissions officer or faculty researcher, are also welcome. Alumni and emeriti are once again able to visit the libraries during open hours with their Commodore Cards. The… Keep reading
The Fine Arts Gallery is closed March 5 – March 13, 2022 for spring break, and will re-open Monday March 14, 2022.
We invite you to visit the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery for these March events: Exhibit Tour, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, Noon – 1:00 p.m. (the second* Tuesday of the month) Join gallery staff for a guided tour of the current exhibition Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style & Modernist Buildings with focus on a specific artist… Keep reading
Working with history of art senior lecturer Susan Dine, thirteen students are cataloging woodblock prints from an 1860s album made in Japan. Their digital project unpacks these brightly-colored prints of kabuki actors and urban life. Each print required four experts’ work: the designer, the engraver, the printer, and the publisher, whose names are visible on… Keep reading
Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Skyscraper Gothic: Medieval Style & Modernist Buildings, on view February 14–May 22, 2022. The exhibit is co-curated by Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities, professor and chair of the department of History of Art and Architecture, and Lisa Reilly,… Keep reading
If you missed the November 10 Sympathetic Magic artists panel discussion, the video recording is now available. Sympathetic Magic: Works of Faith, Healing and Transformation contrasts Christian imagery with ritual objects from China, pre-Columbian North America and modern art as a means to explore ritual. The contemporary artists in this exhibition—Department of Art faculty María… Keep reading
Throughout history and across the planet, people have invariably created objects promoting faith, healing and transformation. Sympathetic Magic presents objects from Vanderbilt University Collections alongside works by modern and contemporary artists, in acknowledgement of the steadfast and uniquely human belief in the transformative power of art. Historical artifacts on view—ranging from votives and tomb objects… Keep reading
Fall Semester Buchanan Library Fellowship: Understanding the Fine Arts Gallery Collection using Wikidata and AI This project will introduce the Fellows to Wikidata, the knowledge graph that anyone can edit. We will work to improve and add to the metadata in Wikidata about Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery works using spreadsheet-based software tools that make it… Keep reading
Hilary A. Craiglow, who has led the Walker Management Library for more than a decade, has been named interim university librarian. Craiglow’s appointment, effective July 1, was announced today by Vanessa Beasley, vice provost for academic affairs and dean of residential faculty. Read the full article >
