For the first time in over 20 years, the Franke Reading Room is welcoming a new rotation of works from our modern and contemporary collections into the space. This exhibition, entitled Worldviews, considers different vantage points on psychic and earthly natural phenomena, exploring subjectivity and what bridges us to the past.
Join us for an intimate conversation on the installation with its co-curators, Leslie Wilson, academic curator and director of Research Programs, and Jill Bugajski, executive director of the Research Center. The conversation will be followed by an open viewing and reception with the interns and fellows who assisted with the show.
This event is exclusive to Luminary members, and advance registration is required.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Dr. Jill Bugajski is executive director of the Research Center at the Art Institute of Chicago, where she supports the academic advancement of interdisciplinary and exploratory research on the museum’s collections. She has been with the Art Institute of Chicago since 2014. An American art historian, Dr. Bugajski is primarily interested in the intersection of American modernism and transnational politics of the United States. Having earned her Ph.D from Northwestern University, Dr. Bugajski has a research interest in design and technology, Cold War propaganda, printmaking practices and public political performance.
Leslie Wilson is director of Research Programs, where she supports emerging museum professionals and research initiatives. She is also a former Art Institute intern, having worked in Photography and Media from 2011 to 2012 while pursuing her Ph.D at the University of Chicago. Prior to joining the Art Institute of Chicago in 2021, she was assistant professor of art history at Purchase College, SUNY, and a curatorial fellow at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. Her research, teaching, and curatorial endeavors focus on the history of photography, the arts of Africa and the African diaspora, modern and contemporary American art, and museum studies.
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