Announcements

Alternative Modernisms

February 24, 2013

Sarah Warren will be presenting a paper on Larionov at this international, interdisciplinary conference at Cardiff University, May 15-18

"Excavating the Icon Pompeii" at Yale Byzantium/Modernism Conference in April 2012

November 18, 2011

I will be presenting my paper, "Excavating the 'Icon Pompeii:' The Politics of the 1913 Exhibition of Ancient Russian Art," at Byzantium/Modernism: Art, Cultural Heritage, and the Avant-Gardes at Yale University in April 2012.

The Politics of 'The Spiritual in Art' in Russia at CAA in February 2012

November 18, 2011

I will be presenting at the CAA panel commemorating the centennial of Kandinsky's Concerning the Spiritual in Art. My discussion will focus on the reception of Kandinsky's work in Russia, particularly of a draft that was read before publication.  Concerning the Spiritual in Art was presented in Russia during a period of heated discussion over the role of traditional religion in modern life--my paper explores the notion of Kandinsky's spiritualist approach as an alternative to official religion.