Bard Graduate Center’s online exhibitions offer engaging interactive approaches to research and learning in decorative arts, design history, and material culture. Using digital tools and resources to convey each project’s unique story, these online exhibitions present new perspectives, diverse modes of exploration, and compelling educational experiences for visitors. This collection of digital publications, in-gallery interactives, exhibition companion websites, and born-digital projects demonstrate BGC’s longstanding commitment to developing innovative scholarly approaches that inspire and inform a global audience.

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Upcoming Exhibitions
BGC Gallery will resume its exhibition programming this September with the return of Sèvres Extraordinaire: Sculpture from 1740 until Today, originally slated for fall 2024.
Bard Graduate Center is an advanced graduate research institute in New York City dedicated to the cultural histories of the material world. Our MA and PhD degree programs, Gallery exhibitions, research initiatives, scholarly publications and public programs explore new ways of thinking about decorative arts, design history, and material culture.

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28th Annual Iris Foundation Awards
Honoring Irene Roosevelt Aitken, Dr. Julius Bryant, Dr. Meredith Martin, and Katherine Purcell
Realgar Glass
Learning from the Archive, the…
A lecture by Julie Bellemare (BGC PhD ’21; The Corning Museum of Glass)
May 13, 2025