Image Story Curatorial Conversation: Atlanta Tattoo Artist Lauren Visconti Wed, 11/23/2022 - 13:00 As an art student, Atlanta tattooist Lauren Visconti began visiting the Carlos's Greek and Roman galleries, where she loved to draw the drapery, anatomy, and curls of the ancient statues.
Image Story Making an Impression Virtual Tour Wed, 11/23/2022 - 12:49 Curator of Greek and Roman Art Ruth Allen gives a tour of the Carlos' most recent exhibition Making an Impression: The Art and Craft of Ancient Engraved Gemstones.
Image Story Curatorial Conversation: Tiepolo Blue with James Cahill Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:09 Curator of Greek and Roman Art Ruth Allen joins art historian and author James Cahill as they discuss his “electric” debut novel, Tiepolo Blue, in which the life and career of a revered but repressed British art historian at the height of his powers are turned upside-down, leading to a s
Image Story Curatorial Conversation: Master Gem Engraver Tue, 11/15/2022 - 11:01 Curator of Greek and Roman Art, Ruth Allen, leads a conversation about the materials, tools, and techniques used by artisans in antiquity and today with master gem engraver Chavdar Chushev, who was in residency at the Carlos, met with students and conducted public programs in conjunction with the
Image Story Lecture: "What Are We Mining Now" Tue, 11/01/2022 - 19:08 In a lecture titled “What Are We Mining Now,” Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter Dionne Searcey discussed the mining of minerals such as cobalt and lithium, which are deemed essential to move away from a fossil fuel economy. Yet the mining of these minerals creates its own forms of environmental destruction. As with ancient gemstones, the people doing the mining are sometimes placed in grave danger, often without choice.
Image Story The Geopolitical Landscape of Gems and their Sources in the Classical World Thu, 10/13/2022 - 19:30 In a lecture titled “The Geopolitical Landscape of Gems and their Sources in the Classical World,” independent scholar Lisbet Thoreson discusses the ways in which gem minerals of classical antiquity reflect the shifting dynamics of an increasingly globalized world that emerged in the Hellenistic era and evolved rapidly during the early centuries of the Roman empire.
Image Story And I Must Scream Curatorial Conversation Thu, 02/03/2022 - 17:19 In this Curatorial Conversation, Ganzeer and Carlos curator Amanda H. Hellman discuss his site-specific mural in this exhibition. This wide-ranging conversation situates this new work in the context of Ganzeer's larger body of work, which includes street art, graphic novels, paintings, and graphic design.
Image Story Sweet Land Pre-Screening Conversation Thu, 10/07/2021 - 09:24 Megan O'Neil, faculty curator of the Art of the Americas and curator for the Carlos Museum's presentation of Each/Other: Marie Watt and Cannupa Hanska Luger, hosted a pre-screening conversation with the creators of Sweet Land, the winner of the 2021 Music Critics Association of North America's Be
Image Story Avatars of Vishnu Lecture III Wed, 04/21/2021 - 14:41 In a lecture titled "At Hari’s Feet: Embroidering a Space of One’s Own in Colonial Bengal," Pika Ghosh, Visiting Associate Professor of Religion at Haverford College, explores the celestial realm embroidered on a kantha featured in her new book, Making Kantha, Making Home, and argues for the interpretation of the textile as an intimate offering for the gods, Krishna and Radha.
Image Story The Avatars of Vishnu Lecture II Tue, 04/06/2021 - 22:13 In a lecture titled “Many Shades of Blue: The Animal Avatars of Vishnu,” Dr. Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator of Asian Art at the Brooklyn Museum, recounts the stories of these animal avatars, looking at the many beautiful and charming ways that poets and artists have depicted the distinct personalities of these divine beasts.
Image Story Maa Saraswati Fri, 05/01/2020 - 12:02 Maa (Mother) Saraswati is a Hindu goddess who represents education, creativity, and music.
