Art Watch Radio Podcast with Deborah Barkun, Ph.D. Creative Director, Berman Museum of Art on May 18, 2022

© Andrea Modica, Scissors and Clamps. Photo courtesy of Berman Museum of Art.

May 18, 2022

Amie Potsic interviews Deborah Barkun, Creative Director of the Berman Museum of Art and Director of Museum Studies and Associate Professor of Art History at Ursinus College, about her collaborative curatorial process and upcoming exhibitions.

 

 

Deborah Barkun, Ph.D.

Deborah Barkun is the Creative Director of the Berman Museum of Art and Director of Museum Studies and Associate Professor of Art History at Ursinus College. Barkun's teaching and research pursuits explore art and artistic practice as forms of social and intellectual discourse. She is passionate about sharing art with students and views it as significant to any undergraduate program. She received a B.F.A. in studio art from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Bryn Mawr College. Her research has been supported by the American Council for Learned Societies, the Henry Luce Foundation, the Giles M. Whiting Foundation for the Humanities, and the Fales Library and Special Collections at New York University. She has presented work in national and international contexts, including Seoul, Milan, Venice, and New York, and served as Visiting Scholar in Residence at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

 

 

ANDREA MODICA

Theatrum Equorum

On view from June 15 - November 15, 2022 at the Berman Museum of Art

© Andrea Modica, Phantom 9. Photo courtesy of Berman Museum of Art.

© Andrea Modica, BELLA DONNA, Standardbred Trotter, Staphylectomy and Myectomy. Photo courtesy of Berman Museum of Art.

© Andrea Modica, CAESER, Fresian, Long Digital Extensor Tenectomy. Photo courtesy of Berman Museum of Art.

 

 

CHRISTO & JEANNE-CLAUDE:
THE TOM GOLDEN COLLECTION

On view from June 15 - November 15, 2022 at the Berman Museum of Art

© Christo & Jeanne-Claude, The Pont Neuf, Wrapped, Project for Paris. Photo courtesy of Berman Museum of Art.

© Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Surrounded Islands, Project for Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida 1980‐83. Photo courtesy of Berman Museum of Art.

 

 

Both exhibitions are on view at the Berman Museum of Art from June 15 - November 15, 2022.

Click here to learn more about Christo & Jeanne-Claude: The Tom Golden Collection exhibition,
and click here for information on Andrea Modica’s exhibition, Theatrum Equorum.

For more information on the Berman Museum of Art, visit: https://www.ursinus.edu/berman/
or follow them on Instagram @BermanMuseum.