Linda Curcio-Nagy on Themes of Labor and the Mexican-American Experience
An historian of Latin America, join Linda Curcio-Nagy to explore themes of labor in Mexican-American history through film, literature and art.
Architect Don Clark on the Man Pavilion for Burning Man 2014
Reno architect Don Clark is designing the “Man Pavilion” surrounding the iconic figure at the center of the 2014 festival. Learn about its inspiration and design before going to see it installed on the playa.
Anthropologist Jill Derby on Why Learning about Islamic Life and Culture Matters
Cultural anthropologist and international educational consultant Jill Derby discusses the importance of understanding Islamic life and culture in relation to Doris Duke’s Shangri La
Heba Mostafa: A Brief History of Islamic Architecture and Design
With a background in the urban design of Islamic cities, Heba Mostafa presents a brief history and meanings of Islamic architecture and urban design in relation to Doris Duke’s Shangri La.
Meet the Artist: Stephen Galloway
Join photographer Stephen Galloway and Director of Contemporary Art Initiatives JoAnne Northrup for a dialogue about Stephen’s work, and ideas about making pictures of the natural world, in Place/No Place.
Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World
This documentary film takes audiences across nine countries and over 1,400 years of history, exploring themes such as the Word, Space, Ornament, Color and Water and presents the stories behind many great masterworks of Islamic Art and Architecture.
El Indio
From the Golden Age of Mexican films, El Indio is a story of a greedy and power hungry owner of a hacienda who routinely mistreats his workers, the majority of whom are indigenous people. (85 minutes, unrated)
Donald Albrecht and Thomas Mellins on Doris Duke’s Sangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic A
Prominent architecture and design curators Albrecht and Mellins jointly discuss Doris Duke’s unique home and the extensive Islamic art collection it contains, as well as the ongoing efforts of the Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art to promote an understanding and appreciation of the art and architecture of the Islamic world.
Vamonos Con Pancho Villa (Let’s Go With Pancho Villa)
Considered among the best films of golden age of Mexican film, Vamonos con Pancho Villa focuses on the cruelty of the Mexican Revolution and Pancho Villa himself, contrary to most of the Mexican movies about this national hero. (92 minutes, unrated)
After Caravaggio: Painting in Grand-Ducal Florence
Delve into Baroque art history through the expert guidance of Stanford University School of Humanities and Sciences Assistant Professor Dr. Morten Steen Hansen, who specializes in 15th through 18th century European art. What is Florentine Baroque? In the capital of the Grand Duchy, after 1600 painters presented competing versions of what defined a uniquely Tuscan style. Some pictured beautiful sculptural figures, echoing Michelangelo and the Florentine Renaissance, whereas others, inspired by the recent example of Caravaggio, had less idealizing ideas about the human body, tied to its functions and sexuality