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28th Annual Iris Foundation Awards
Honoring Irene Roosevelt Aitken, Dr. Julius Bryant, Dr. Meredith Martin, and Katherine Purcell
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CANCELED—Enchanting Surfaces
Objects, Gender, and Ink Painting
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April 2, 2025
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Late 19th-Century French Poupées & Bébés
A Françoise and George Selz…
April 9, 2025
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The Post-Jewish Object
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April 10, 2025
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Klismos
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A lecture by George Manginis (Benaki Museum)
April 16, 2025
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Unpacking the Choiseul Box
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April 22, 2025
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Magical Objects and the Gothic…
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April 23, 2025
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Exploring Denis Williams’s Works on Paper
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April 30, 2025
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Realgar Glass
Learning from the Archive, the…
A lecture by Julie Bellemare (BGC PhD ’21; The Corning Museum of Glass)
May 13, 2025
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2023 Horowitz Book Prize Winner
Stitching Love and Loss: A Gee’s Bend Quilt
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Staging the Table Catalogue Back in Stock!
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June 27, 2023
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Threads of Power Catalogue Awarded
AAMC 2023 Curatorial Awards for Excellence
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June 26, 2023
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A Book about Books
Staging the Table marries substance and form
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April 20, 2023
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2021 Horowitz Book Prize Winner
Object Lives and Global Histories…
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October 19, 2022
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Bard Graduate Center Publications Receive Awards
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May 29, 2018
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Artek and the Aaltos Wins Philip Johnson Award
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April 21, 2018
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Percier Wins Alice Award
Furthermore Grants in Publishing
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October 11, 2017
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July 24, 2017
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BGC Publications Win Awards
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BGC Publications Continue to Win Awards
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