Bard Graduate Center is a graduate research institute in New York City. Our MA and PhD degree programs, Gallery exhibitions, research initiatives, and public programs explore new ways of thinking about decorative arts, design history, and material culture.
Exhibitions
Majolica Mania
Transatlantic Pottery in England and the United States, 1850–1915
Upcoming Exhibition
September 24, 2021 – January 2, 2022
September 24, 2021 – January 2, 2022
Beyond Sustainability: Cultural Organizing for Social Justice
Curated and moderated by Chinatown Art Brigade with Marlon Dylan Herrera, Yin 英, and Pati Rodriguez
May 17, 2021
Materiality and Politics: How Integrated…
The Leon Levy Foundation Lectures…
Seth Schwartz
May 19, 2021
Library Artists in Residence Exhibition Virtual Opening
Harley Ngai Grieco, Jennifer Tobias
May 20, 2021
Mind over Matter? Exploring Making
Color
Nicholas De Godoy Lopes, Geoffrey Ripert and Jennifer L. Mass
June 8, 2021
Mind Over Matter? Exploring Making
Rhythm
Nicholas De Godoy Lopes, Geoffrey Ripert, and Caspar Meyer
June 16, 2021
Collectively Imagining De-Gentrified and Abolitionist Futures
Curated and moderated by Chinatown Art Brigade
June 17, 2021
Mind Over Matter? Exploring Making
Shape
Nicholas De Godoy Lopes, Geoffrey Ripert, and Hadley Jensen
June 19, 2021
Object
Research Forum
Book Prize: Material Culture of the Americas
Research Forum
Episode 8: Tanya Aguiñiga—Making Metabolizing the Border
Fields of the Future
April 8, 2021
MA/PhD
Meet the BGC
