Waffles and Whimsy at pARTy 2019
This past Friday, April 5, the art and art history department’s sixth annual pARTy brought Swarthmore staff, faculty, and students
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Author: Elena Moore
Grappling with Gauguin’s Primitive Depictions at the Barnes Foundation
I first came across a Paul Gauguin painting at the Barnes Foundation. I was astounded to see Gauguin’s depictions of
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“Every Building on the Sunset Strip”: Ruscha’s Celebration of the Vernacular
In 1966, Omaha-born, L.A.-based artist Ed Ruscha began self-printing 5,000 copies of one of his few art books, “Every Building
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PERCEPTICON to Raise Awareness of Ingrained Reception Habits
PERCEPTICON, a three room, audio-visual exhibition challenging visitors’ unconscious reception habits, will be on display in Beardsley Hall from October
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Race and the Built Environment: Professor Goldstein’s Summer Research
Brian Goldstein, assistant professor of art history at Swarthmore College, explores the topics of architectural history, modern architecture and planning,
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Kiefer Rodin at the Barnes Foundation: A Conversation between 19th and 21st Century Art
Editor’s note: This article was initially published in The Daily Gazette, Swarthmore’s online, daily newspaper founded in Fall 1996. As
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