Stewardship of the Spiritual: Museum and Large Site-Specific Installations

Time: Nov. 12, 2018, 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Location: Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114 Bird Library

Eric Wolf (Sotheby's Institute of Art)

An expert in the architectural history of the modern museum, Wolf analyzes the spiritual elements that make up a significant part of the experience and meaning of modern museums in this country, despite the fact that the institutions claim secularism in their catechisms. The transcendent and the spiritual have been inescapable goals of those institutions in their programming and building both, as close and critical looking reveals, and the results can be glorious. Students, staff and faculty will benefit from the perspectives Dr. Wolf’s research brings to understanding and engagement with cultural institutions’ spiritual aims.

Additional supporters:

• Art & Music Histories
• Religion

Glenn Peers, Art and Music Histories