Past Events

Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art | 211 State St. Madison, WI
February 10, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
https://www.mmoca.org/events/gilliambeyond/?fbclid=IwAR24-gYx8M50QyatA0bLa05jW3vOegsBkcg9UaNrBz4bHqwCeYDwMWCs8Cw

Scholar and artist Dr. Freida High Wasikhongo Tesfagiorgis will explore how select Black artists from the American South turned towards abstraction in the post-World War II era, centering on Sam Gilliam’s work and artistic processes, …

Vilas Hall, Rm. 4070
February 9, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
https://cinema.wisc.edu/series/2024/spring/all-screenings-january-may-2024#3510

Victims of Sin (Victimas del pecado) Mexico | 1951 | DCP | 84 min. | Spanish with English subtitles Director: Emilio Fernández Cast: Ninón Sevilla, Rodolfo Acosta, Rita Montaner Cabaret performer Violeta (Sevilla) adopts the abandoned child of prostitute Rita (Montaner) and Rodolfo (Acosta), Rita’s …

University Club, Rm. 212
February 9, 2024 @ 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
https://cvc.wisc.edu/programs/leah-durner/

Please join us on Friday, Feb. 9 at 12 PM CT in the University Club Room 212 for “Extravagance, Liveliness, Livelihood: Intertwining Body, Materials and Action,” a special workshop conversation in the Center for Visual …

Chazen Museum of Art
February 9, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/curator-conversation-art-of-enterprise-with-james-wehn-tickets-781416155757?aff=oddtdtcreator&fbclid=IwAR1SF63f8mrJ6VDrPBt1VlX0DzDkGaxCQy6fxYIJVYQHF3_YVkCQDe0UFBs

Curator Conversation: Art of Enterprise with James Wehn James Wehn, Van Vleck Curator of Works on Paper, hosts an in-gallery conversation about Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th-Century Print Workshop. As the exhibition’s curator, Wehn …

Vilas Hall, Rm. 4070
February 8, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:40 pm
https://cinema.wisc.edu/series/2024/spring/all-screenings-january-may-2024#3510

The Crime is Mine (Mon Crime)  France | 2023 | DCP | 103 min. | French with English subtitles Director: François Ozon Cast: Nadia Tereszkiewicz, Isabelle Huppert, Andre Dusollier The effervescent new comedy from Ozon is buzzing with giddy verve and resplendent in Art Deco …

Dr. Nichole Bridges
Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L140
February 8, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
https://go.wisc.edu/hu1a6l

Please join the Department of Art History for the 2024 Distinguished Alum Lecture with Dr. Nichole Bridges, the Mortan D. May Curator for the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Saint Louis Art …

Jorella Andrews
Memorial Library, Rm. 126
February 8, 2024 @ 3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
https://cvc.wisc.edu/programs/jorella-andrews/

Join us this Thursday, Feb. 8 at 3:30 PM in Memorial Library 126 for this Center for Visual Cultures event in the series on Labor and Resistance, a public lecture by Dr. Jorella Andrews, Professor …

Bill Saylor
Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L160
February 7, 2024 @ 5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
https://go.wisc.edu/uw-art-talks

Bill Saylor’s work is distinguished by his merging of explosive, gestural abstraction with a comprehensive personal iconography, revealing an anthropogenic concern and interest in natural history, weather patterns, and marine biology. Saylor’s work recycles and …

Leah Durner
Conrad A. Elvehjem Building, L150
February 7, 2024 @ 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
https://cvc.wisc.edu/programs/leah-durner/

In this lecture event in the Center for Visual Cultures series on “Labor & Resistance,” New York-based artist Leah Durner addresses radical generosity by pursuing extravagance. Extravagance is a term artist Leah Durner uses for …

Tim Gruner
Ingraham Hall, Rm. 206 | 1155 Observatory Dr. Madison, WI
February 6, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Explore the history, patterns and rhythms of nature that inspire Japanese garden design—and the reasons why so much energy and resources are expended in the Gardens’ ongoing evolution. This event will be held at Ingraham …