“Terrestrial Paths and Restored Memories: Art, Craft, and Collective Histories at MUAC.”

“Terrestrial Paths and Restored Memories: Art, Craft, and Collective Histories at MUAC.” Full lecture is here: The Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, widely known as MUAC, located on the campus of the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México in Mexico City. Opened to the public in November of 2008 as part of UNAM’s Centro Cultural Universitario. It was conceived as the first public museum in Mexico designed specifically to collect, research, and exhibit contemporary art. While other institutions in Mexico had presentedRead more

MARKOCONNELLSTUDIO: Dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell Fashion History Lectures

From Medici Court to “Made in Italy”: Fashion, Power, and the Palazzo Pitti In this lecture, Dr. Mark Joseph O’Connell explores fashion as a system of power, memory, and cultural authority through one extraordinary institution: the Museo della Moda e del Costume in Florence’s Palazzo Pitti. Founded in 1983 as Italy’s first state museum devoted to fashion, the Museo della Moda e del Costume occupies a unique position in global fashion museology. Unlike institutions such as the Victoria and AlbertRead more