Art History – Art Future: VIP Dinner
We are very excited to announce our next Leadership Circle/VIP Dinner with Janice Katz | Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago & Karen M. Fraser | Professor of Art History & Museum Studies, the University of San Francisco on Tuesday, November 19th at Sakesan Sushi & Bistro in San Francisco.
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Art History – Art Future: VIP Dinner
Speakers:
Janice Katz | Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago
Janice Katz is the Roger L. Weston Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She has been with the museum for over 20 years where she curates quarterly exhibitions of Japanese prints. Her other research focuses on paintings from the Edo period (1615-1868) and the history of art collecting in Japan. Her special exhibitions and publications include Japanese Paintings in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (2003), Beyond Golden Clouds: Japanese Screens from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Saint Louis Art Museum (2009), Painting the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Masterpieces from the Weston Collection (2018), and Radical Clay: Contemporary Women Artists from Japan (2023).
Karen M. Fraser | Professor of Art History & Museum Studies, the University of San Francisco
Karen M. Fraser is Professor of Art History & Museum Studies in the Department of Art + Architecture at the University of San Francisco. She earned her PhD from Stanford University, where she studied both traditional Japanese art and the history of photography. Her research focuses on modern Japanese visual culture, with particular interests in Japanese photography from ca. 1860 through the 1930s, cross-cultural interactions and influences between Asia and the West, gender issues, and museum and exhibition history. Fraser’s research has been supported by grants from the Japan Foundation and the Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, among others. Her publications include the monograph Photography and Japan (2011) as well as articles in a number of edited volumes and journals, including History of Photography, Review of Japanese Culture and Society, and Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide.
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This is a private event that is exclusive to Leadership Circle members. We reserve the right to refuse admission.
*(Cancellations must be received 48 hours in advance in order to receive a full refund.)