This course provides an intensive introduction to modern and contemporary art. It allows students to study different movements, schools and the kinds of visual art-making practices that have proliferated since the late nineteenth century. Rather than begin with Impressionism and move forward to our own contemporary moment in chronological order, the course uses contemporary art as the lens through which to look back, identify, and understand anew, the aesthetic strategies and achievements that have been made available by the great works of the past. No previous art experience is required, and even students who have already studied art history are challenged by a new way of examining how contemporary art “writes” the history of art from Impressionism to our own moment.

This course is led by Jonathan T. D. Neil, Executive Editor at The Drawing Center in New York, Editor-at-Large for ArtReview magazine and co-founder of the private curatorial firm, Boyd Level LLC. He holds a Ph.D. in the history of modern and contemporary art from Columbia University and has taught courses on modern and contemporary art and architectural history, critical writing, and the history of photography at Columbia and The New School. Dr. Neil is a member of the New York chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA).

Course dates
June 1 - 24, 2010
10:00am – 12:00pm Monday & Wednesday
10:00am – 1:00pm Tuesday & Thursday
Location: 570 Lexington Avenue

Course fee
$3,750

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