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On January 14, 2021, IFAR hosted a virtual IFAR Evening featuring two noted art historians -- Dr. Pepe Karmel, Associate Professor at New York University, and Dr.Jack Flam, Professor Emeritus of Art History, CUNY, and President of the Dedalus Foundation -- in a conversation on "American Abstract Expressionism in a Global Context." The program was organized in conjunction with the publication of Professor Karmel's new book on abstract art.  IFAR has now posted the video of that program on its website. It is one of several programs we have made available for all to view.

Professor Karmel’s new book, Abstract Art: A Global History, was chosen by the New York Times as one of the best art books of 2020. The book is a rethinking of abstraction.  The program was a rare opportunity to hear two renowned specialists of 20th Century Art discuss the rethinking of abstract art outlined in the book, with special attention given to the ways in which the American Abstract Expressionists fit in to the book’s expansive new view of abstract art, in which women and non-American artists play a major role. 

The new video joins a list of other videos posted on the Programs & Events page. These can be recognized by the blue camera icons, and include, most recently:

August 18, 2020: Behind the Scenes of Art Museum Security and Theft, featuring JOHN BARELLI, former Chief Security Officer at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The program described the circumstances and objects involved in the surprisingly few thefts of objects that the Met has experienced over the years.

July 16, 2020: Back from the Dead: Raphael After 500 Years, a virtual Evening featuring LINDA WOLK-SIMON, Ph.D., Visiting Professor, The Institute of Fine Arts, NYU; Author, Raphael at the Metropolitan: The Colonna Altarpiece. This program was in commemoration of the 500th Anniversary of the death of the great Italian Renaissance painter.

May 29, 2019: John Richardson, Picasso Scholar and Art World Luminary, a tribute to the late John Richardson, the noted Picasso biographer. Speakers included DIANA WIDMAIER PICASSO, the artist’s granddaughter; PEPE KARMEL, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, NYU;  and ROSS FINOCCHIO, Editorial Assistant to John Richardson.

December 10, 2018: Then and Now: The 20^th Anniversary of the Washington Conference on Holocaust-Era Looted Assets, a program commemorating the landmark 1998 conference. Among the speakers was Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat, special advisor to the U.S. State Dept. on Holocaust-Era issues.

In addition, you will find other programs, such as the Rosales/Knoedler Gallery Affair, an analysis of one of the most significant art scams in recent years; What the Art World Needs to Know About the Ivory Ban; and 3D Printing.