We, at Rinehart School of Sculpture are delighted to announce Dr. Aruna D’ Souza as our Critic in Residence for the spring semester 2025. The New York Times Art Critic Aruna D’ Souza will deliver a series of five lectures titled “Pictures for a New World,” at the Lazarus Auditorium on the following Tuesdays at 10:30 am: Jan 28, Feb 11, March 4, April 1, April 22.
In these lectures Aruna D’ Souza will explore how the visual arts can offer an understanding of the present, how to survive and thrive in such a moment, and even invite ways to imagine new forms of living in the future, discussing the work of 5 different artists: 1/28: Raven Chacon, 2/11: Lorraine O’Grady, 3/4: Shahzia Sikander 4/1: Paul Chan and 4/22: AK Burns.
Aruna D’Souza writes about modern and contemporary art, intersectional feminisms, and diasporic aesthetics. Her work appears regularly in 4Columns, The New York Timesand in numerous artist’s monographs. Whitewalling: Art, Race, and Protest in 3 Acts was named one of the best art books of 2018 by the New York Times. She is the recipient of the 2021 Rabkin Prize for art journalism and a 2019 Andy Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant. She was appointed the Edmond J. Safra Visiting Professor at the National Gallery of Art in 2022, and the W.W. Corcoran Professor of Social Engagement at the Corcoran School of Art, George Washington University, in 2022-2023. Her most recent book, Imperfect Solidarities was published in 2024.
We look forward to welcoming the Baltimore community to these lectures, as they are free and open to the public.
Please RSVP to [email protected] to ensure access
