This course introduces students to modern western art from the 1860s to the 1960s. It aims to demystify the “isms” of modern art—including Cubism, Expressionism, Fauvism, Impressionism, Minimalism, Modernism, Post-Impressionism, and Surrealism—as well as labels such as Art Nouveau, Arts...

This course draws on critical theories of race and representation to interrogate complex and sometimes vexing notions of race, ethnicity, visuality, surveillance, authorship, identity and appropriation in the historical context of the twentieth century in the United States. Courses are...

Under the violence of dictatorial regimes, social repression, and foreign intervention, artists across Latin America have historically turned to art and craft practices as a tool for demonstration. In light of recent scholarship and exhibitions that have focused on the...