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The Art of Relationships Lecture Series

In the popular Art In Focus Lecture Series tradition, May 2023 brought a new lecture series, The Art of Relationships, sponsored jointly by the Stony Brook University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center. The Art of Relationships lecture

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Historic Exhibition of Black Abstract Artists on Display at Zuccaire Gallery

Artifacts from the University Archives (University Libraries) are currently on view and provide context for a new exhibition at the Staller Center’s Paul W. Zuccaire Gallery. Entitled “Revisiting 5+1,” the exhibition examines a critical moment at the junction of abstract

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Art In Focus Series with Gail Levin on, Lynne Drexler: Abstract Expressionist

On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center were pleased to welcome Gail Levin, Distinguished Professor of Art History, American Studies, and Women’s Studies at Baruch College and the Graduate Center of CUNY, for

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Art in Focus Series with David Lembeck on Harold Lehman’s Post Office Mural

On Tuesday, October 18th, University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center were pleased to welcome Independent Scholar, David Lembeck, for an Art in Focus talk on “Harold Lehman’s Renovo Mural.” David Lembeck’s lecture focused on Lehman’s mural, “Locomotive

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Deported: A Family Divided Exhibit and Panel Discussion

Deported: A Family Divided is the second installation of an exhibition that chronicles the life of the Quintana-Salazar family as they navigate the deportation policies and their impact on the family.  This photo exhibit, by award-winning visual journalist Rachel Woolf,

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Join Us on the Art Crawl, Wednesday, April 13 starting at 1pm

Don’t miss these free guided tours of campus galleries! Registration is not required, and you can join us at any point along the route. The Spring 2022 schedule will be as follows: 1:00 PM | Simons Center Gallery, Simons Center,

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Exhibit opening: Printing Solidarity, featuring SBU Libraries material

You are cordially invited to the opening of PRINTING SOLIDARITY: Tricontinental Graphics from Cuba, at Stony Brook University’s Zuccaire Gallery, with guest lecturer Scott Starrett, Founder and Director of Tandem Design NYC. Light refreshments will be served. See details below

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SBU Libraries Co-Sponsors Round Table on the Spanish Golden Age: Event Recap

On occasion of the publication Le Siècle d’or espagnol (Paris: Citadelles & Mazenod, 2019) by Guillaume Kientz, three Stony Brook faculty members discussed this book’s innovative contribution to the field of Hispanic Studies, in Europe and beyond. Kientz, recently appointed as

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Join Us at the Art Crawl on Saturday, October 23 from 1pm to 3pm

Free guided tours of Stony Brook University’s diverse art galleries will take place on Saturday, October 23 from 1pm to 3pm as part of campus-wide events for the inauguration of Maurie McInnis, sixth president of Stony Brook University. Participating galleries

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Fall 2021 Art in Focus lecture series off to an exciting start

On Tuesday, September 21, University Libraries and the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center were pleased to welcome Dr. Lewis Kachur of Kean University for an Art in Focus talk on “The ABCs of New York Surrealism in the 1930s.” Dr.

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