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Onward with the Revolution: Late Soviet-Era Posters
"Onward with the Revolution: Late Soviet-Era Posters" is an exhibition from the permanent collection of the Phillips Museum of Art. F&M professors Jon Stone and Nina Bond selected 18 posters to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Russian revolution (Nov. 7, 1917). Over the course of the fall semester, Russian Studies students will research the posters. This collective scholarship will provide the intellectual content for the exhibition, for the permanent collection, and for the publication of a catalog to be…
Find out more »Arab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual Culture
This traveling exhibition of 33 reproductions of Arab comics provides a look into Arab popular culture and the history of graphic illustration in the Middle East. "Arab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual Culture", brought to the Phillips Museum of Art in partnership with F&M's Islamic and Middle East Studies Program, features three distinct types of comic book art made by Arab artists: originals, adaptations, and contemporary works. This exhibit and its related programming are part of the Arab Arts…
Find out more »Irina Botea Bucan: In the zone of transition, the building will have a future, she said…
Irina Botea Bucan uses various media in her videos and films to question current sociopolitical dynamics and the possibility of their transformation. "In the zone of transition, the building will have a future, she said..." comprises nine works made over the last 10 years and revolves around three ideas of recording: suspended histories mostly unknown to the general public; gestures and behavioral fragments; and stories marked by the antagonism of the private versus the public.
Find out more »Panel Discussion: Arab Comics
Panel discussion in conjunction with the exhibition "Arab Comics: 90 Years of Popular Visual Culture" The discussion features co-curator Nadim Damluji, journalist and hip-hop MC Yassin Alsalman, and photographer Laith Majali.
Find out more »Film Screening: Speed Sisters
Film screening: Speed Sisters (2015, dir. Amber Fares) Rothman Gallery
Find out more »Film Screening: The End of St. Petersburg
Film screening: The End of St. Petersburg (1927, dir. Vsevolod Pudovkin) Gibson Curriculum Gallery
Find out more »Reading: Women Poets and the Age of Revolution
Reading: Women Poets and the Age of Revolution A staged reading (in English) of the works of Anna Akhmatova, Zinaida Gippius andMarina Tsvetaeva, three prominent early 20th-century poets Gibson Curriculum Gallery
Find out more »Performance of Mad Forest
Performance of Mad Forest by Caryl Churchill, excerpted and directed by Jesse Murphy ’18 Dana Gallery
Find out more »Closing Reception for Onward with the Revolution
Closing reception for Onward with the Revolution: Late Soviet-Era Posters Gibson Curriculum Gallery
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