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Wed
October 25, 2017
25
Wednesday
October 2017
Case Western Reserve University Lecture: Girih Tiles: Decagonal Geometry in Medieval Islamic Architectural Tilings and Beyond
The conventional view holds that geometric star-and-polygon patterns in medieval Islamic architecture were designed using a straightedge and
Lecture
Bending the Rules: Dress and Power in the Jazz Age
Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, visiting assistant professor of history at Case Western Reserve University, will discuss how women used clothing and
6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Lecture
Wed
November 1, 2017
01
Wednesday
November 2017
Gallery Talk: Vienna, Paris, and New York in the Jazz Age
Hear curator of decorative art and design Stephen Harrison discuss how designs from Paris and Vienna grew in visibility in New York and infl
6:00 p.m.
Lecture
Sat
November 4, 2017
04
Saturday
November 2017
Second Annual Distinguished Lecture in Indian Art
Robert L. Brown, Professor of Indian and Southeast Asian Art, UCLA, presents a lecture that focuses on the most popular and important bodhis
2:30 p.m.
Lecture
Sun
November 5, 2017
05
Sunday
November 2017
The Novel That Writes Itself, 2017 (installation detail). Allen Ruppersberg (American, b. 1944). Image courtesy of Greene Naftali, New York
Contemporary Artist Lecture: Allen Ruppersberg with Siri Engberg
Cleveland native Allen Ruppersberg is one of the most influential and inventive conceptual artists to emerge in the late 1960s. Enjoy a conv
Lecture
Wed
November 8, 2017
08
Wednesday
November 2017
The Aesthetics and Politics of Stuff: James Van Der Zee’s Aspirational Portraiture
Key Jo Lee, assistant director of academic outreach, will host a guided close-looking session of two of Van Der Zee’s portraits on view in
7:00 p.m.
Lecture
Wed
November 15, 2017
15
Wednesday
November 2017
Gallery Talk: Lifestyle and Choice in the Jazz Age
Themes of choice and identity in the Jazz Age will be explored in a gallery talk by Stephen Harrison, curator of decorative art and design g
6:00 p.m.
Lecture