The Edward A. Dickson Emeritus/a Professorship Lecture Series

Co-Sponsered by the UCR Emeriti and Retirees' Associations, UCR Osher and UCR's Office of Gift Planning

Malcolm Baker, PhD UCR Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Art History

Tuesday, June 3, 2025 3:00 - 4:30 p.m. with Reception to follow

Presentation delivered In-person at University Extension Building 1101 in the University Village and Livestreamed via Zoom

In the popular imagination an “art book” is very often understood to consist of an illustrated study of the life and works of an individual artist. But changes within art history as a discipline has meant that the art historical monograph, while often still devoted to a single artist has become more thematic and the catalogue raisonné has increasingly been seen as something done in the museum rather than the academy. This lecture will suggest that recent engagement of scholars within the humanities with the “material turn” has opened up new possibilities for the catalogue raisonné, especially of a sculptor’s work. How might this marginalised genre be re-configured so as to serve new interpretative purposes?

Register

Priority seating is given to members of the UCR Retirees’ and Emeriti Associations who must register by May 9, 2025 on the Retirement Center webpage. Questions may be sent to retirees@ucr.edu. Registration will open to UCR and the public on May 10, 2025