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UChicago College@UChicagoCollege22 May 2024
Congratulations to Zsofi Valyi-Nagy, AB'13, who earned the cover story in the May issue of the leading international art journal @Artforum. @UChicagoAlumni artforum.com/features/zsofi-…

BETWEEN THE LINES

HOW DO YOU DRAW a line with a computer? This task has not always been as simple as clicking a mouse or swiping your finger across a screen. When the artist Vera Molnar1 (1924–2023) decided to try her...

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@chicagotribune7 May 2024
“Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is a building-wide exhibition and much of it shows a fusion of old and new, traditional and modern, Japanese and foreign. trib.al/A2PadJe

Review: When Japan became modern: Meiji-era art and artifacts are now at Smart Museum

“Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is a building-wide exhibition and much of it shows a fusion of old and new, traditional and modern, Japanese and foreign.

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Chicago Tribune A&E@ChiTribEnt7 May 2024
Review: When Japan became modern: Meiji-era art and artifacts are now at Smart Museum trib.al/9yFHEGU

Review: When Japan became modern: Meiji-era art and artifacts are now at Smart Museum

“Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is a building-wide exhibition and much of it shows a fusion of old and new, traditional and modern, Japanese and foreign.

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Japan’s Meiji period was “an era of modernization in architecture, fashion, industry, government and art like no other, gloriously evidenced in ‘Meiji Modern.’” ✍️ by Chicago Tribune critic Lori Waxman. chicagotribune.com/2024/05/0…

Review: When Japan became modern: Meiji-era art and artifacts are now at Smart Museum

“Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan” is a building-wide exhibition and much of it shows a fusion of old and new, traditional and modern, Japanese and foreign.

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UChicago CEAS@UChicagoCEAS4 May 2024
It's Day 2 of the Meiji Modern symposium w/the Japanese Art Society of America welcoming guests to today's full day program ft. scholars who will reevaluate an artistic period described in terms of both continuity & change, westernization & the invention of Japanese tradition
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UChicago CEAS@UChicagoCEAS3 May 2024
Symposium: Meiji Art And Visual Culture, Day 1 wraps up @IHouse_Chicago w/ today's keynote speaker, Sato Doshin, answering audience questions incl. interaction w/ Chinese scholars and impacts of Chinese classics on the art during Meiji period
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UChicago CEAS@UChicagoCEAS3 May 2024
Excited to kick things off NOW w/the symposium on Meiji Art and Visual Culture! This program is co-sponsored w/generous support from a Title VI NRC grant from the @usedgov @GoGlobalED & @SmartUChicago @uchicarteasia @IHouse_Chicago
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Newcity Chicago@newcity30 Apr 2024
The exhibition is a well-deserved tribute to Jessica Stockholder, a legendary artist as well as a highly respected educator. On view at Hutchinson Courtyard, on the campus of University of Chicago, through May 5. art.newcity.com/2024/04/30/m…

“Mustard on the Foot”: A Review of “Jessica Stockholder—For Events” at Hutchinson Courtyard |...

For events, the platform takes the backseat, resuming its duty of bearing the weight of the performers. Its literal presence sings a symbolic song—a most honorable and humble metaphor for the work of...

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UChicago CEAS@UChicagoCEAS1 May 2024
THIS WEEKEND! In conjunction w/the @SmartUChicago's Meiji Modern exhibition, join us a we host, "Meiji Art and Visual Culture: A Symposium" @IHouse_Chicago! Together w/@uchicarteasia & w/generous support from a Title VI NRC Grant from @usedgov; MORE: bit.ly/49WwCCo
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UChicago CEAS@UChicagoCEAS29 Apr 2024
On 5/2, Experimental Sounds w/Kikù Hibino @SmartUChicago will showcase new work created for the museum, ft. vocal contributions by Matchess (Whitney Johnson) & visual enhancements by Graham Livingston; MORE: bit.ly/49VzZc5
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UChicago CEAS@UChicagoCEAS22 Apr 2024
Read @HydeParkHerald's article on the recent, "A Night of Japanese Storytelling with San’yūtei Ponta;" program, co-sponsored w/@IHouse_Chicago, Japan Business Society of Detroit, w/support from NRC Title VI Grant from the @usedgov @GoGlobalED; PICTURES: bit.ly/4d76BCC
Hyde Park Herald@HydeParkHerald18 Apr 2024
Traditional Japanese storytelling comes to Hyde Park hpherald.com/arts_and_entert…

Traditional Japanese storytelling comes to Hyde Park

San’yutei Ponta II anxiously paced back and forth in the wings of the International House theater like a boxer waiting to enter the ring before taking the stage to deliver

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Hyde Park Herald@HydeParkHerald18 Apr 2024
Traditional Japanese storytelling comes to Hyde Park hpherald.com/arts_and_entert…

Traditional Japanese storytelling comes to Hyde Park

San’yutei Ponta II anxiously paced back and forth in the wings of the International House theater like a boxer waiting to enter the ring before taking the stage to deliver

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UChicago Library@UChicagoLibrary16 Apr 2024
In collaboration with the Smart Museum's Meiji Modern exhibit, we have put together a collection of books that cover the artistic practices and history of Japan around the Meiji period. On the 1st floor of the Reg, available for 7 day check out.
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Asia Society Japan@AsiaSocietyJP10 Apr 2024
Interested in the art and culture of Japan’s Meiji era? Dr. Chelsea Foxwell provides an insightful overview of the Meiji Modern exhibition and offers reflections on recent curatorial perspectives regarding the art and culture of Japan's Meiji era. youtu.be/Tnuqomwu5zo?si=XHVd…
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May your #Eclipse2024 experience be cheerier/less apocalyptic than the one depicted in Johann Hebestreit's "Prognosticon physicum des Jhars Jhesu Christi 1565"! Call no. BF1783.H43 1565 #RareBooks #Woodcuts #16thCentury
Woodcut illustration depicting a dragon encircling two eclipsed suns, a burning city, and a man and a skeleton carrying a coffin

ALT Woodcut illustration depicting a dragon encircling two eclipsed suns, a burning city, and a man and a skeleton carrying a coffin

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The University of Chicago@UChicago7 Apr 2024
Ruth Duckworth’s massive mural "Clouds Over Lake Michigan" (1976) has become a defining feature in the lobby of Regenstein Library. The mural was inspired by the pioneering work of UChicago meteorologist Tetsuya Fujita. Your Sunday Read: ms.spr.ly/6016c0s08
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The University of Chicago@UChicago1 Apr 2024
The @SmartUChicago's new exhibition takes a fresh look at the art of Japan's Meiji era (1868-1912). Showcasing Japan as a case of non-Western modernity, "Meiji Modern" addresses issues surrounding art and identity. Learn more: ms.spr.ly/6018cx2ly
Watanabe Nobukazu (1872–1944), Bronze Statue of Saigō Takamori in Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1899. Ukiyo-e woodblockprinted vertical ōban triptych, ink and color on paper, overall: 14 1⁄2 × 28 in. (36.8 × 71.1 cm), each sheet: 14 1⁄2 × 9 3⁄4 in. (36.8 × 24.8 cm). Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Gift of Irwin Lavenberg, The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, 2021:36.453a–c.

ALT Watanabe Nobukazu (1872–1944), Bronze Statue of Saigō Takamori in Ueno Park, Tokyo, 1899. Ukiyo-e woodblockprinted vertical ōban triptych, ink and color on paper, overall: 14 1⁄2 × 28 in. (36.8 × 71.1 cm), each sheet: 14 1⁄2 × 9 3⁄4 in. (36.8 × 24.8 cm). Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Gift of Irwin Lavenberg, The Lavenberg Collection of Japanese Prints, 2021:36.453a–c.

Hashiguchi Goyō (1880–1921), This Beauty (Kono bijin) Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911. Color lithograph, 42 × 29 5⁄8 in. (106.8 × 75.2 cm). Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph by Alex Jamison.

ALT Hashiguchi Goyō (1880–1921), This Beauty (Kono bijin) Poster for Mitsukoshi, 1911. Color lithograph, 42 × 29 5⁄8 in. (106.8 × 75.2 cm). Darrel C. Karl Collection. Photograph by Alex Jamison.

Hattori Tadasaburō (d. 1939), lamp globe with phoenix, ca. 1910. Plique-à-jour enamels, height: 5 in. (12.7 cm), diameter: 4 3⁄4 in. (12.2 cm). Private collection. Image Courtesy Orientations Gallery.

ALT Hattori Tadasaburō (d. 1939), lamp globe with phoenix, ca. 1910. Plique-à-jour enamels, height: 5 in. (12.7 cm), diameter: 4 3⁄4 in. (12.2 cm). Private collection. Image Courtesy Orientations Gallery.

Utagawa (Baidō) Kokunimasa (1874–1944), Hell Courtesan, ca. 1900. Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, gold pigment and silver leaf on paper, each: 66 15⁄16 × 134 5⁄8 in. (170 × 342 cm). Private collection. Photograph by Richard P. Goodbody.

ALT Utagawa (Baidō) Kokunimasa (1874–1944), Hell Courtesan, ca. 1900. Pair of six-panel screens; ink, color, gold pigment and silver leaf on paper, each: 66 15⁄16 × 134 5⁄8 in. (170 × 342 cm). Private collection. Photograph by Richard P. Goodbody.

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TONIGHT celebrate the opening of the exhibition “Jessica Stockholder: For Events” featuring presentations and a toast in honor of the artist on the occasion of her retirement from the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago: events.uchicago.edu/event/23…
Digital flyer for Jessica Stockholder For Events, April 1–May 5, 2024, Hutchinson Courtyard, The University of Chicago. Opening Celebration 5–7 pm, program at 5:30 pm.

ALT Digital flyer for Jessica Stockholder For Events, April 1–May 5, 2024, Hutchinson Courtyard, The University of Chicago. Opening Celebration 5–7 pm, program at 5:30 pm.

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Film Studies Center@filmstudiesctr29 Mar 2024
TONIGHT at 7pm in the Logan Center Screening Room: The Speculative Archive continues with four films by Cauleen Smith and Ja'Tovia Gary, with Smith and Gary in conversation with Allyson Nadia Field and Christopher Harris. For more information: bit.ly/3Tpy7ly
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Chicago Public Library@chipublib28 Mar 2024
Dive into the wonderful world of fish and fishing with Librarian Megan and her friends at @SmartUChicago and get inspired by the artworks from Meiji Modern. Learn more: bit.ly/ddstsmoa
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