The Department of Research Collections invites you to hone your skills to become an expert researcher. In this session, we will focus on databases and periodicals that go beyond our library catalog, Folio. This workshop will cover five databases every BGC scholar should know, advanced periodicals searching and what’s new in open access content. Led by Anna Helgeson, Associate Director of the Library
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Exhibitions
Sèvres Extraordinaire!
Sculpture from 1740 until Today
Upcoming Exhibition
September 10 – November 16, 2025
September 10 – November 16, 2025
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.
Porcelain Matters
Retelling, Recasting
A Conversation with Arlene Shechet (Artist)
September 10, 2025
(Re)Dressing American Fashion
Wear As Witness
A conversation with Emma McClendon (BGC) and Lauren Downing Peters (Columbia College Chicago), featuring Leo Baker (Skateboarder), José Blanco F. (Fashion Institute of Technology), Dean Hashimoto (Collector), and Michelle McVicker (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
September 17, 2025
From Carved Emeralds to Plique-à-jour Enamels
The Fin de Siècle Jewelry…
Sheila Barron Smithie (Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain) and Beth Carver Wees (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
September 24, 2025
Wealth and Colour
Alfred Morrison and Owen Jones
A lecture duet by Caroline Dakers (University of the Arts London) and Neil Burton (Architectural History Practice)
October 15, 2025
770: A Constellation of Sacred Sites
A Leon Levy Foundation Lecture…
Gabrielle A. Berlinger (University of North Carolina)
October 16, 2025