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Loew Auditorium is full for the keynote address by the British Museum's Julian
E. Reade for the From Discovery to Dartmouth symposium.
Author Jonathan Harr signs books in the Hood’s Gutman Gallery following a
lecture about The Lost Caravaggio.
Artist El Anatsui talks with visitors in Kim Gallery following his opening
lecture for the exhibition GAWU: El Anatsui.
The Honorable Ann Meekitjuk Hanson talks about her role as Commissioner of
Nunavut at the opening of Our Land.
Refreshments are laid out for a reception following a lecture by Hank Hine,
Director of the Salvador Dali Museum.
Artist Howard Ben Tré among his work Kira’s Benches, commissioned by
the Hood Museum of Art.
Hood Director Brian Kennedy stands with art critic Michael Kimmelman at the
entrance to Albright Gallery.
October 6
Lecture and Reception
"Perspectives on May 1968"
M. Anne Sa’adah, Joel Parker Professor of Law and Political Science, Department
of Government
A reception hosted by the Friends of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art
followed in Kim Gallery.
October 11-12
Conference
"Indigenous Art in Australia Today: Views from Curators, Collectors,
and Scholars"
This conference brought together scholars from diverse academic fields and
provided a forum for discussions about Indigenous Australian women artists and
their relationship with the preservation of Indigenous culture amid centuries
of upheaval and change. The symposium also explored the relationship between
Native American issues of sovereignty and land rights and those of Aboriginal
Australia. Welcoming remarks by Brian Kennedy, Director. Keynote Address:
"Emergence of an Aboriginal Fine Art Market in Australia," Fred Myers, Slver
Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology, New York University. Session
1: "Dreaming Their Way: Making an Exhibition," Britta Konau, Curator, Center
for Maine Contemporary Art; "Diversity and Change in Aboriginal Australian
Art," Margo W. Smith, Director and Curator of the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art
Collection of the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Walking Tour of
Dreaming Their Way, Will Owen, Librarian, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, and Collector of Australian Indigenous Art. Session II:
"Sovereignty and Land Rights in Native America: The Key Issues," Dale A.
Turner, Assistant Professor of Native American Studies and Government;
"Stealing Power: Aboriginal Art, Identity, and Rights of Self-Determination,"
N. Bruce Duthu, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School and Visiting Professor of
Government and Native American Studies. This symposium was produced by the Hood
Museum of Art with the generous support of the Presidential Bildner Endowment
for Human and Intergroup Relations.
October 27
Lecture
"May 1968 and the Apotheosis of Surrealism"
Alyce Mahon, Lecturer and Fellow, History of Art, Cambridge University,
England
November 1
Lecture
"In the Eye of the Storm: Contemporary Indigenous Art in
Australia"
Brian Kennedy, Director
November 3-4
Symposium
"From Discovery to Dartmouth: the Assyrian Reliefs at the Hood Museum
of Art, 1856-2006"
This symposium presented major scholars of Assyrian art and archaeology.
Welcome by Brian Kennedy, Director. Introduction by Ada Cohen, Department of
Art History.Keynote Address: "The Early Exploration of Assyria," Julian E.
Reade, The British Museum.Session I: "The Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal Ii
(in the Digital Age)," Sam Paley, University at Buffalo; "Banquets, Baubles,
and Bronzes: Material Comforts in the Neo-Assyrian Palaces," Allison Karmel
Thomason, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; "Political Posters,
Prayers, Time Capsules, and Living Gods: The Multiple Roles of the Hood
Museum’s Assyrian Carvings," Barbara N. Porter, The Casco Bay Assyriological
Institute; "'Time and Eternity' in the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in
Nimrud," Mehmet-Ali Atac, Bryn Mawr College. Moderated by Stephen Kangas,
Department of Art History and Program in Jewish Studies. Session II:
"Attendants of the King in the Assyrian Reliefs," Paul Collins, The British
Museum; "Francis Brown, The First American Assyriologist: The Dartmouth Years,"
Kamyar Abdi, Dartmouth College; "The Northwest Palace and Nimrud Today," John
Russell, Massachusetts College of Art. Moderated by Susan Ackerman, Department
of Religion and Women's and Gender Studies Program. The symposium was
co-organized by the Hood Museum of Art and Dartmouth art history associate
professor Ada Cohen and lecturer Steve Kangas of art history and Jewish studies
in consultation with Anthropology Assistant Professor Kamyar Abdi. It was
sponsored by the Fannie and Alan Lesley Center for the Humanities at Dartmouth
College, the Hood Museum of Art, and the Departments of Art History,
Anthropology, Religion, and Jewish Studies.
November 8
Live Teleconference
Françoise Dussart, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Women’s Studies at
The University of Connecticut, spoke with artists in the remote Australian
community of Yuendumu at the Warlukurlangu Art center via video
teleconference.
November 9
The Dr. Allen W. Root Contemporary Art Distinguished
Lecture
"If the Universe Derives from a Single Point, Why Do Art and Language Stand
Apart?"
Hank Hine, Director, Salvador Dali Museum
A reception followed in Kim Gallery.
November 11
Films
Tout va Bien and Letter to Jane (1972 France) Directed by
Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin. Lynn Higgins, Parents Distinguished
Research Professor and Chair of French and Italian, introduced both films and
lead a discussion after the viewing.
November 15
Lecture
"The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece"
Jonathan Harr, author of The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio
Masterpiece
A reception followed in Kim Gallery.
December 1
Lecture and Tour of Dreaming Their Way
Robert Kaplan, attorney and member of the Board of Trustees of the Seattle Art
Museum and Margaret Levi, Jere L. Bacharach Professor of International Studies
Department of Political Science, University of Washington, distinguished
collectors of Australian Indigenous Art
January 10
Artist Talk and Opening Reception for GAWU
"Of Clay, Wood, and Metal"
El Anatsui, artist
A reception followed in Kim Gallery.
January 12
Lecture
"The Challenge of Cultural Preservation in a Chaotic World: The World Monuments
Fund's Forty Years in the Field," Bonnie Burnham, President, World Monuments
Foundation. This lecture was co-sponsored by the Anthropology, Art History and
Classics Departments, the Hood Museum of Art, ILEAD, and the John Sloan Dickey
Center for International Understanding.
January 24
Lecture
"Romans at Work," Roger Ulrich, Professor of Classics, presents this lecture in
conjunction with the release of his book Roman Woodworking (Yale
University Press, 2006)
January 31
Lecture
Thin Ice Opening Lecture and Reception
"Whose Climate is Changing?," Aqqaluk Lynge, President, Inuit Circumpolar
Conference (ICC), Greenland, and ICC Vice-Chair for Greenland. A reception
hosted by the Friends of Hopkins Center and Hood Museum of Art will follow in
Kim Gallery.
February 7
Lecture
Jorge S. Silvetti, Architect, Machado and Silvetti Associates, and
Nelson Robinson Jr. Professor of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate
School of Design, discussed architectural theory and recent projects including
the Getty Villa in Malibu.
February 16
Lecture
"Cultures on Thin Ice: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow"
William Fitzhugh, Anthropologist, Curator, and Director of the Arctic Studies
Center, Smithsonian Institution
March 30
Artist Talk and Reception
"Resource Wars in the American Arctic"
Photographer Subhankar Banerjee talked about photographing the American Arctic
and getting involved in preservation and conservation issues related to the
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other areas. A reception followed in Kim
Gallery.
April 11
Opening Lecture and Reception for Our Land
"Our Land: Thoughts on Inuit Art and Self Determination"
John Grimes, Director of the Institute of American Indian Art in Santa Fe.
Opening remarks by the Honorable Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Commissioner of Nunavut,
and Neil LeBlanc, Canadian Consul General in Boston. A reception titled
“Northern Delights--Wine and Food from Canada” sponsored by the Canadian
Consulate General followed in Kim Gallery.
April 18
Special Film Screening
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, (Inuktitut, with English
subtitles; 172 minutes)The first film made entirely in Inuktitut and directed
by Zacharias Kunuk, whose work was featured in Our Land. A. Nicole
Stuckenberger, Stefansson Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Arctic
Studies, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College,
introduced the film.
April 20
Lecture
"Taking the Personal Vision from the Privacy of the Studio into the
Public Space"
Howard Ben Tré
The artist was commissioned by the Hood in 2005 to make a series of sculptures
titled Kira’s Benches in honor of the late Kira Fournier, a sculptor
who worked in glass, bronze, and ceramics. The sculptures were on view at a
reception following the lecture.
April 27
The Robert L. McGrath Lecture
"From Wonder Cabinet to Department Store: Thoughts on the American
Museum"
Michael Kimmelman, Chief Art Critic, New York Times
A reception followed in Kim Gallery.
May 2
Film Screening and Discussion
Pilobolus Artistic Director Robby Barnett '72
Last Dance (2002; 84 minutes) Award-winning director Mirra Bank
followed the dazzling Pilobolus Dance Theater and legendary author-illustrator
Maurice Sendak as they collaborate on a dance-theater work commemorating a
haunting holocaust legacy. Robby Barnett '72, one of Pilobolus's founding
members, introduced the film.
May 4
Lecture
"From Cold War to Thin Ice: Transforming Cultural Authority in Inuit
Art Curating and Writing"
Norman Vorano, Curator of Contemporary Inuit Art, Canadian Museum of
Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec
May 9
Arthur M. Loew Auditorium
Film Screening and Discussion
Professor Ross Virginia, Director of the Institute of Arctic Studies,
Dartmouth College
An Inconvenient Truth (2006; 96 minutes) Director Davis Guggenheim
eloquently combines the science of global warming with Al Gore's personal
history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate
change in the most talked-about documentary of the year. Professor Virginia led
a discussion after the viewing.
May 25
Lecture
"On Images: Their Structure and Content"
John V. Kulvicki, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
June 29
Lecture
"Wenda Gu: Transformations and Translations"
Brian Kennedy, Director
