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Matt Keegan discusses his previous works that relate to the site-specific installation in the exhibition Exposure which grew out of the artist’s longstanding fascination with cities and their constant flux.

Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, Pulitzer Prize winners for their biography on Jackson Pollock, presented their new book about Vincent Van Gogh to a packed house on December 8, 2011.

In this 1965 rare recording, Bertrand Goldberg leads psychologists Timothy Leary and Ralph Metzner on a tour of the recently completed Marina City and the Raymond Hilliard Center construction site. Famous for their research into various forms of psychedelic experience, Leary and Metzner discuss the layers of symbolism and social program in Goldberg's buildings.

Clip 1: Marina City: “Adjusting your consciousness and your furniture to this kind of space”
Clip 2: Tour of Marina City Apartments
Clip 3: Raymond Hilliard Center: Integration through Design
Clip 4: Psychedelic Art

The Art Institute of Chicago, Archive of Bertrand Goldberg, Ryerson and Burnham Libraries, 2002.3
File Length: 13m 42s

Heather Rasmussen recreates international shipping containers in miniature, crafting them by hand from colored cardstock which she then damages, arranges, and photographs in order to address the underlying fragility of global supply and demand.

One of the special privileges of Sustaining Fellows membership is the opportunity to see exciting exhibitions before they open to the general public. On July 26, Sustaining Fellows hosted the opening festivities for Windows on the War: Soviet TASS Posters at Home and Abroad, 1941–1945. Peter Zegers, Rothman Family Research Curator, and Jill E. Bugajski, exhibition research associate, along with catalogue contributor Adam Jolles, provided an informative overview of the exhibition. Following their talk, Sustaining Fellows enjoyed a preview of the exhibition, a musical performance by Golosa, Chicago’s premiere Russian choir, and a festive reception in Griffin Court complete with 1940s-inspired fare and Big Band music. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Painter Joyce Owens grew up in a culturally diverse neighborhood; her strong African American roots were infused with Jewish culture. Responding to the secular theme of Marc Chagall's *The Circus Rider,* Owens discusses how her work relates to what she describes as the sophistication of Chagall's deceptively simple work. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

James Robinson, British Museum, provided a rich overview of Byzantine Reliquary Pendants and reviewed the context from which they came. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Curator Martha Tedeschi explores how the artist's influential experiments in watercolor and unorthodox ideas about framing helped create modern objects that surge with emotion. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

James Elkins, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, reviewed observations on how we see things with a particular look at art. He was introduced by Art Institute President and Director James Cuno. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

On February 14 the Sustaining Fellows gathered for a recap of the previous year and also hear some news of things to come at the museum. After champagne around the Woman’s Board Grand Staircase, guests gathered in Fullerton Hall where curators Gloria Groom, Christopher Monkhouse, and James Rondeau provided an exciting first glimpse at upcoming exhibitions before a lovely dinner in Terzo Piano closed the night. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Nii Quarcoopome, Detroit Institute of Art, highlighted selections of Asante and Ewe textiles in the Art Institute of Chicago collections. He was introduced by curator Kathleen Berzock. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Speakers for this symposium provided a rich overview of documentary photography from the 1940s through the 1990s. Jason Hill, PhD candidate, Department of Art History, University of Southern California, reviewed the 1940s newspaper PM. Louis Kaplan, Professor, History and Theory of Photography, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, spoke on William Klein's 1956 photobook. David Campany, Reader in Photography, The University of Westminster, spoke on Dan Graham. Heather Diack, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, University of British Columbia, talk about John Baldessari. Sophie Hackett, Assistant Curator of Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario, discussed Barbara Kruger. Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Professor, History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke on the 1990 Rodney King beatings. This event, held in conjunction with the special photography exhibition American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Speakers for this symposium provided a rich overview of documentary photography from the 1940s through the 1990s. Jason Hill, PhD candidate, Department of Art History, University of Southern California, reviewed the 1940s newspaper PM. Louis Kaplan, Professor, History and Theory of Photography, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, spoke on William Klein's 1956 photobook. David Campany, Reader in Photography, The University of Westminster, spoke on Dan Graham. Heather Diack, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, University of British Columbia, talk about John Baldessari. Sophie Hackett, Assistant Curator of Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario, discussed Barbara Kruger. Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Professor, History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke on the 1990 Rodney King beatings. This event, held in conjunction with the special photography exhibition American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Speakers for this symposium provided a rich overview of documentary photography from the 1940s through the 1990s. Jason Hill, PhD candidate, Department of Art History, University of Southern California, reviewed the 1940s newspaper PM. Louis Kaplan, Professor, History and Theory of Photography, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, spoke on William Klein's 1956 photobook. David Campany, Reader in Photography, The University of Westminster, spoke on Dan Graham. Heather Diack, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, University of British Columbia, talk about John Baldessari. Sophie Hackett, Assistant Curator of Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario, discussed Barbara Kruger. Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Professor, History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke on the 1990 Rodney King beatings. This event, held in conjunction with the special photography exhibition American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Curator Kathleen Bickford Berzock traces the history of African Art at the museum from the 1920s to the present, introducing the new installation opening spring 2011. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Speakers for this symposium provided a rich overview of documentary photography from the 1940s through the 1990. Louis Kaplan, professor of history and theory of photography, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, spoke on William Klein's 1956 photobook. This event, held in conjunction with the special photography exhibition American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Speakers for this symposium provided a rich overview of documentary photography from the 1940s through the 1990. Louis Kaplan, professor of history and theory of photography, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, spoke on William Klein's 1956 photobook. This event, held in conjunction with the special photography exhibition American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Speakers for this symposium provided a rich overview of documentary photography from the 1940s through the 1990s. Jason Hill, PhD candidate, Department of Art History, University of Southern California, reviewed the 1940s newspaper PM. Louis Kaplan, Professor, History and Theory of Photography, Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto Mississauga, spoke on William Klein's 1956 photobook. David Campany, Reader in Photography, The University of Westminster, spoke on Dan Graham. Heather Diack, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory, University of British Columbia, talk about John Baldessari. Sophie Hackett, Assistant Curator of Photography, Art Gallery of Ontario, discussed Barbara Kruger. Abigail Solomon-Godeau, Professor, History of Art and Architecture, University of California, Santa Barbara, spoke on the 1990 Rodney King beatings. This event, held in conjunction with the special photography exhibition American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White, was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Photographer An-My Le reviewed her work highlighting the Vietnam War reenactment scenes and those of soldiers training for Iraq. This lecture was the keynote for the Material Witness symposium that took place February 4, 2011. Kate Bussard, exhibition curator and symposium host, introduced her. This event was supported by the Terra Foundation for American Art. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Curator Sarah Kelly discusses self-taught artist Horace Pippin's layered paint technique and reviews primary sources that seem to have inspired his famous Cabin in the Cotton images. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Stuart Pyhrr, Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses armor and Chicago's George F. Harding, Jr.'s passion for collecting it. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Isak Applin, instructor in the Department of Painting and Drawing at the School of the Art Institute, discusses connections between his own work and panel paintings on the life of St. John the Baptist by 15th-century Sienese artist Giovanni di Paolo. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Adrienne Mayor, Stanford University, cites the Art Institute's Mithradates coin as she unwinds the treacherous tale of Rome's "deadliest" enemy. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Luis Perez Oramas, Museum of Modern Art, New York City, examines Brazilian artist Lygia Clark's work. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Wendy Doniger, University of Chicago, traced a centuries-old dispute on the symbolism of a genre of votary object representing Hindu god Shiva. James Cuno, president and director of the Art Institute of Chicago, introduced her. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Tim Samuelson, cultural historian for the City of Chicago, spoke on the experience of seeing Louis Sullivan's buildings as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Alison Fisher. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Jeffrey Plank, University of Virginia, presented his lecture "From Photograph and Fragment to History" as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Elizabeth Siegel. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragment.. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Elizabeth Siegel, Art Institute curator, outlined the goals of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture" and explored John Szarkowski's photography of architecture as key to our seeing and appreciating Louis Sullivan's work keenly. Matthew S. Witkovsky, curator and chair of the Department of Photography, opened the symposium. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. Presented as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Richard Cahan, historian, spoke about living with photographer Richard Nickel as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Elizabeth Siegel. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

John Vinci, Vinci/Hamp Architects, discussed "Completing the Process: The Complete Architecture of Adler and Sullivan" as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." He was introduced by curator Alison Fisher. This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Alison Fisher, Art Institute of Chicago curator, spoke about Louis Sullivan and the development of architectural ornament as a part of the symposium "From Fragment to Photograph—Interpreting Louis Sullivan's Architecture." This symposium was offered in support of the special exhibition Looking after Louis Sullivan: Photographs, Drawings, and Fragments. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Georgina Valverde discusses her work and the inspiration she draws from the Art Institute's collection. Inscribed with text from the Quran and encoded with significant geometric patterns, the Talismanic Textile relates to Valverde's interest in handmade objects, the cultures from which they emerge, and the power that resides in these works. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Nancy Levinson, editor of Places: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, discussed architecture and urban studies of the late 1960s and early 1970s contemporary to Lewis Baltz' and other young photographers' inquiry into the postwar American landscape as a selected subject for their work. She was introduced by Art Institute curator Matthew S. Witkovsky. This symposium was offered in support of a special exhibition Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit. Presented as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

David Raskin, School of the Art Institute, explores the relationship of Baltz' photographs to Object Theory, Picture Theory, and other current theoretical explorations in the visual arts. He was introduced by Art Institute curator Matthew S. Witkovsky. This symposium was offered in support of a special exhibition Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit. Presented as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Marvin Heiferman, independent curator, discusses selected themes that run throughout Baltz' work as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." He was introduced by Art Institute curator Matthew S. Witkovsky. This symposium was offered in support of a special exhibition Lewis Baltz: Prototypes/Ronde de Nuit. Presented as a part of the symposium "Four Pictures—Four Things." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Douglas Druick, Art Institute of Chicago, discussed "From Public to Private: Drawing in France, 1850–1900." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was opened and hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. The first speaker, Nicholas Turner, independent scholar, formerly of the British Museum and the Getty, considered "Museums vs. Private Collectors: The Role of Personal Taste in Acquisitions." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Margaret Morgan Grasselli, National Gallery of Art, spoke on "French Drawings: From Vouet to Ingres." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Matthew Affron, University of Virginia Art Museum, spoke on "The Dynamics of Modern Drawing." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. Presented as a part of the symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Collector and connoisseur Richard Gray talks with curator Suzanne McCullagh. The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. Presented as a part of the symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Richard Neer, University of Chicago, spoke on "Poussin, Drawing, and the Antique." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. Presented as a part of the symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Lindsay Allen, King's College, London, spoke on Arthur Pope and early Persian art as a part of the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Bernard O'Kane, American University, Cairo, spoke on Arthur Pope and Persian architecture as a part of the symposium "Arthur Pope and and New Survey of Persian Art." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Yuka Kadoi, Art Institute of Chicago curator and chair of the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art," spoke about Arthur Pope and later Persian art. Presented as a part of the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Sheila Blair, Boston College, discussed the future of Persian art studies. She was introduced by Art Institute curator and "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art" symposium chair Yuka Kadoi. Presented as a part of the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Donald Whitcomb, University of Chicago, discussed archaeological methodology of the 1920s and 1930s as it relates to Arthur Pope and his work as a part of the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Jonathan Bloom, Boston College, discussed the life and times of Arthur Pope. He was introduced by Art Institute curator and "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art" symposium chair Yuka Kadoi. Presented as a part of the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh, delivered the keynote address for the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art." He was introduced by Jim Cuno, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago. This event was cosponsored by the Asian Arts Council. Presented as a part of the symposium "Arthur Pope and a New Survey of Persian Art." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

Gail Feigenbaum, J. Paul Getty Museum, spoke about "Saving Italian Drawings: From the Frying Pan to the History of Art." The symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye" was hosted by Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Curator of Earlier Prints and Drawings. Presented as a part of the symposium "The Gray Collection—A Particular Eye." This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.

German archivist Dieter Elger provides insights into the aesthetics of the art as he provides a rich personal portrait of Gerhard Richter at work. Elger introduces his new biography on Richter. This podcast is brought to you by the Ancient Art Podcast. Explore more at ancientartpodcast.org.