Exhibitions
Goddesses in the Machine: Fashion in American Silent Film
Upcoming Exhibition
September 18, 2026 – January 3, 2027
September 18, 2026 – January 3, 2027
Bard Graduate Center is an advanced graduate research institute in New York City dedicated to the cultural histories of the material world. Our MA and PhD degree programs, Gallery exhibitions, research initiatives, scholarly publications and public programs explore new ways of thinking about decorative arts, design history, and material culture.
Fashion Shows on Film: An…
An annotated screening of three films, live scored by Makia Matsumura, with *Goddesses in the Machine* cocurator Michelle Finamore
September 23, 2026
Victorian Hairwork and Nineteenth-Century Mourning Practice
A lecture by Karen Bachmann (Fashion Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute)
September 30, 2026
Louis XIV’s Savonnerie Carpets: “Stages of Power” Revisited
A Françoise and Georges Selz Lecture on Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century French Decorative Arts and Culture by Wolf Burchard (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
October 7, 2026
Remaking the Ancient Vase
A Conversation with Roberto Paolini (Pithos Ancient Reproductions), Delphine Tonglet (Metropolitan Museum of Art), and Caspar Meyer (BGC)
October 14, 2026
Objects in Between: Cold War,…
A lecture by Sudha Rajagopalan (University of Amsterdam)
October 21, 2026
