March 5, 2012, Filed Under: Books + Manuscripts, Exhibitions + Events, Research + TeachingRobert Alter shares insight about the King James Bible In conjunction with the current exhibition The King James Bible: Its History and Influence, Robert Alter speaks this Thursday about “The Question of Eloquence in the King James Version.” The event, which is co-sponsored by the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, takes place in Jessen Auditorium. Alter is a professor… read more
March 2, 2012, Filed Under: Exhibitions + Events, Photography‘Arnold Newman: Masterclass’ Opens in Berlin Organized by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography (FEP) in collaboration with the Harry Ransom Center, the exhibition Arnold Newman: Masterclass explores the career of Arnold Newman, one of the finest portrait photographers of the twentieth century. The exhibition opens March 3 in Germany at C|O Berlin, and the… read more
March 1, 2012, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsThe company she keeps: Frida’s work among women surrealists at LACMA The Ransom Center recently loaned Frida Kahlo’s Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird (1940) to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) for the exhibition In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States. Co-organized by LACMA and the Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM)… read more
