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Late founder of the NYC neon sign workshop, Let There Be Neon, artist Rudi Stern '59 is widely credited with reviving the craft of neon and revolutionizing its use in art and commerce.

Suchenski presents a lecture followed by a book signing. Projections of Memory is an exploration of innovative cinematic works that use extraordinary scope to construct monuments to the imagination, through which currents from the other arts can interpenetrate.

Two exhibitions opening on Saturday, June 24, at the conjoined Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum at Bard College, promise unfamiliar artists and revisionist viewpoints. The larger of the two, “Picture Industry,” is a sprawling show organized by the artist Walead Beshty that spans from the late 19th century to the present.

“Luc Sante’s nonfiction book is a brilliant history of low life in the city. It was much celebrated when it came out and should still be, because it’s really a classic—valuable for anybody who wants to write books, wants to write novels, wants to know about New York City . . . " writes Colin Harrison for the Village Voice.

Charles Ranlett Flint Professor of Humanities at Bard College Daniel Mendelsohn recounts the time he spent in his twenties living with an older French woman who made him a writer.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Christina De León as associate curator of U.S. Latino design. In this newly created position, supported by the Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, De León is responsible for researching modern and contemporary U.S. Latino design for the collection, as well as developing exhibitions, public programs and digital content to raise awareness of Latino design.