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The course aims to present and discuss key themes and topics related to curatorship and African arts, such as authenticity, authorship, and the canon.

Faceted vaults and towering minarets, sparkles of gold and tiles of blue, geometric precision and refined calligraphy: Islamic art is both beautiful and complex, an aesthetic responding to the varied cultures and people whom Muslims encountered. 

How can it be that the mysterious works that Jheronimus Bosch created 500 years ago are still puzzling art historians today? Why was Pieter Bruegel the Elder so fascinated with Bosch that he set out to emulate him, 50 years after the death of his famous predecessor?

An introduction to the study of art, architecture, and material culture from a global perspective, including Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.

This course traces the global flows of textiles and focuses on understanding how labour, desire, economics shape textile production, circulation, and consumption.

A course surveying the study of painters’ materials and techniques through methods of examination such as X-radiography, infrared reflectography, dendrochronology, and high-resolution digital imaging.

Today we are experiencing a reassessment of the modern, western landscape and the ideals of progress that underlie it.

The course aims to discuss the idea of the African Diaspora, focusing on the work of artists of African descent, as well as African artists who have migrated outside of Africa.