George E. Mylonas Lecture in Classical Art and Archaeology With Michael L. Galaty, director and curator of European and Mediterranean archaeology, Museum of Anthropological Archaeology, and professor of anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan Exciting archaeological discoveries in the past 150 years have unearthed the great palaces of the Mycenaean world, immortalized in Homer’s … Continued

With Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion & Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum As no other cloth in history, the painted and printed cottons of India—known today as Indian chintz—changed the fashion, economies, and relations of people around the globe. Join Sarah Fee to learn why, for thousands of years, India “dressed the world” with … Continued

The annual Donald Danforth Jr. Lecture on Native American Art will be given by Christina E. Burke, Curator of Native American Art, Philbrook Museum of Art. Dakota and Lakota artists have always created bold geometric designs using pigments, quills, and, later, glass beads. With historical works in the Danforth Collection as a foundation, Burke will … Continued

With Sarah Fee, Senior Curator of Global Fashion & Textiles, Royal Ontario Museum As no other cloth in history, the painted and printed cottons of India—known today as Indian chintz—changed the fashion, economies, and relations of people around the globe. Join Sarah Fee to learn why, for thousands of years, India “dressed the world” with … Continued

The Ann W. Olin Endowed Lecture will be given by Diana Seave Greenwald, William and Lia Poorvu Interim Curator of the Collection at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and author of Painting by Numbers: Data-Driven Histories of Nineteenth-Century Art. Diana Seave Greenwald blends historical and social scientific methods to provide fresh insights into 19th-century art. … Continued