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A podcast from the Research and Academic Program

What does it mean to make art history? Today more than ever, we must consider the role of art in society, how knowledge is shared (or obscured), and the way histories are made—and unmade. In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing asks these questions, while also considering the personal stakes of scholarship. Each episode offers a lively, in-depth look into the life and mind of scholar or artist working with art historical or visual material. Discussions touch on guests’ current research projects, career paths, and significant texts, mentors, and experiences that have shaped their thinking. We invite you to join us and listen in on these conversations about the stakes of doing art history today. 

In the Foreground is available on iTunes, Spotify, and anywhere else you may listen to podcasts.

Tune in to our other mini-series, In the Foreground: Object Studies, in which art historians offer short meditations on a single work of art.

SEASON 6

In this season, Sara Houghteling, former special projects coordinator for RAP and a novelist, speaks with scholars about the craft of writing in art history, and invites each to read selected passages from their work.

March 5: “The Magic Art of Framing”: Alexander Nemerov on Writing History and Making a World

March 12: “To Give Shape to a Way of Seeing the Past”: Shira Brisman on the Intimacy of Writing the History of Social Art

March 19: “A Critique of What Art Can Do”: Jennifer Nelson on Undoing Mastery 

March 26: “Fragmentary Ruins and the Enduring Image”: Cammy Brothers on Drawing as a Way of Thinking

acknowledgEments 

In the Foreground was co-created by Caroline Fowler and Caitlin Woolsey, who also produces and edits the podcast; music by lightchaser; audio mixing by CJ DeGennaro; and additional support provided by Sara Houghteling and Annie Jun