A recent article by Anna Sigrídur Arnar, School of Art, has been published in the bilingual peer-reviewed journal esse. arts+opinions. The Montréal based journal is devoted to contemporary art and theory and its most recent issue was devoted to the theme of the library. Arnar’s article is titled “The Library as Social Space in the Work of Christine Hill and […]
Anna Sigrídur Arnar, School of Visual Arts, was invited by the Caxton Club to deliver a lecture for the Club’s meeting at the Union League in Chicago on October 21st. Arnar’s lecture titled “Why the Book?” included a discussion of poet-theorist Stéphane Mallarmé’s forward thinking ideas about the book form and its role in democratic society. She also presented material […]
Anna Sigrídur Arnar, School of Visual Art, organized a conference panel and delivered a paper for SHARP (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing) held in Antwerp, Belgium, September 17-21. The title of the panel was “A Modern Secular Cult: Artists’ Books and Explorations of the Self, Nationhood, and Civic Rites.” Arnar delivered a paper titled “The Public […]