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DESCRIPTION:Roberto Paolini\, a ceramic artist from Cerveteri\, specializes
  in meticulously crafted reproductions of ancient Greek and Etruscan paint
 ed pottery for museums\, collectors\, and the tourist market. In conversat
 ion with Delphine Tonglet\, assistant curator in the Department of Greek a
 nd Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, and Caspar Meyer\, profes
 sor at Bard Graduate Center\, Paolini will discuss the materials\, techniq
 ues\, and embodied knowledge involved in his practice. Their conversation 
 will explore how remaking ancient objects can illuminate the creative choi
 ces and social worlds of ancient craftspeople as much as it raises contemp
 orary questions about authenticity\, collecting\, cultural heritage\, and 
 the role of reproductions in museums.Roberto Paolini creates work under th
 e name Pithos. At the age of twelve\, he began frequenting the workshop of
  an elderly craftsman who had specialized for years in the creation of anc
 ient ceramics. With great tenacity and enthusiasm\, he has spent years exp
 erimenting and studying the methods that ancient Etruscan and Greek artisa
 ns used to create their works. He has engaged in various collaborations wi
 th Italian and international museums and universities in the field of expe
 rimental archaeology. He has made reproductions for the National Etruscan 
 Museum of Villa Giulia\, the National Archeological Museum of Ferrara\, an
 d many others for exhibition and educational purposes. In 2023 Paolini col
 laborated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to craft a repli
 ca of the famous Euphronios krater\, which is housed there today.Delphine 
 Tonglet is a Belgian art historian and archaeologist who specializes in th
 e study of ancient Greece and Etruria. She received her MA (2009) and PhD 
 (2014) degrees from the Université libre de Bruxelles and has developed an
  international career through her participation to archaeological ―mostly 
 at Itanos in Crete and in Tuscany and Lazio in Italy― excavations and than
 ks to numerous research stays and scholarships at the University of Pisa\,
  the Academia Belgica in Rome\, the University of Bologna\, and the Metrop
 olitan Museum of Art in New York (Andrew W. Mellon Senior Fellowship\, 201
 5–16). Her favorite research themes deal with intercultural exchanges betw
 een Etruria\, the Greeks\, and other Mediterranean actors\, through the st
 udy of material culture.Caspar Meyer is Professor of Classical Archaeology
  and Material Culture at the Bard Graduate Center in New York. His researc
 h focuses on the cultural dynamics of craft production in the Greek city s
 tates of the Aegean and among the mobile pastoralists of Eurasia. Another 
 area of his interest is the history of the instruments and media which arc
 haeologists have developed to aid the transformation of artifacts into wri
 tten explanations. He previously taught at Birkbeck College\, University o
 f London\, and held research fellowships at the Getty Research Institute i
 n Los Angeles and the Centre Louis Gernet in Paris. He is the editor of We
 st 86th: A Journal of Decorative Arts\, Design History\, and Material Cult
 ure.Object LabsAt Bard Graduate Center\, we use an object-centered approac
 h to advance the study of the decorative arts\, design history\, and mater
 ial culture. Join our student educators before select Fall 2026 public eve
 nts to learn about some of the objects in BGC’s Study Collection. Each wee
 k we will showcase three objects carefully selected from the collection\, 
 which includes more than five thousand objects in a variety of media. Drop
  in anytime between 5 and 6 pm\; the experience takes roughly ten minutes.
 October 7\, 14\, and 21November 4\, 11\, and 1838 West 86th Street\, New Y
 ork5–6 pmFounded in 2011\, the BGC Study Collection supports student resea
 rch by providing opportunities for hands-on close examination of objects. 
 Learn more about the BGC Study Collection here.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Remaking the Ancient Vase
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