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The Library and Archives at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College (CCS Bard) has acquired the archives of John G. Hanhardt, noted film and media arts curator. The donation builds on CCS Bard’s initiative to build a unique research collection comprising the personal papers and archives of innovative and influential contemporary art curators, art dealers, critics, galleries and alternative art spaces. The donation also supports CCS Bard’s 20th Anniversary Next Decade campaign, which aims to raise funds over the next ten years to maintain the school’s internationally renowned, world-class faculty and research and exhibition center.

Francine Prose looks at how the meanings of works of art change for us as we age.

Artist Amy Sillman is both a graduate and faculty member of Bard's MFA program. Her first museum retrospective, one lump or two, opens Thursday at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Tim Davis is traveling the United States with journalist Joe Hagan, profiling Americans from all walks of life using old-fashioned tools: pen and paper, and a large format view camera.

Bard professor An-My Lê has traveled widely to photograph the activities of the U.S. Coast Guard. Last month, 52 of those images were installed in the Coast Guard’s brand-new headquarters, in Washington, D.C.

Forty-two students and recent graduates from the Bard High School Early Colleges photographed their hometowns for a project featuring the work of more than 4,000 U.S. teenagers.

Francine Prose considers the flawed yet heroic characters of Nicole Holofcener’s new film, Enough Said.

Choreographer and Bard alumnus Dusan Tynek '97 talks about the Dance Program at Bard, the role of science and myth in his new work, and his BAM Fisher debut.

Bard alumna Lisa Kereszi's photography is an homage to the medium, guided by everyday life and objects rather than any preconceived goals by the artist.

Francine Prose ventures into the secret corners of the city with three museums off the beaten path.

"In the CCS exhibition, he shows us a quiet world in which collecting small objects produces a portrait of the collector," writes Maika Pollack.

Opus 40, the sculptural masterwork (now museum) of the late Bard alumnus and professor Harvey Fite '30, hosted the Felice County Fair last weekend, featuring Béla Fleck, the Felice Brothers, Amy Helm, and more.

Independent theater companies like Skin Horse Theater are finding fertile ground for experimentation in the city.

Professor Heiferman, faculty in the International Center of Photography–Bard Program, discusses the proliferation of digital images and the rapidly changing nature of photography.

Bard Graduate Center founder and director Susan Weber talks about the books that inspire her in the field of interior design.

“The first photo books that registered with me were a few Aperture titles at the bookstore at Bard College," writes Michelle Dunn Marsh. "Stephen Shore’s Uncommon Places, Larry Fink’s Social Graces ..."

You may never look at a hamburger the same way again. “Despite the rather disgusting quality of many of these images," writes Feinstein, "there is still an allure.”

How are conflicts and cultural shifts in the Middle East affecting the region's contemporary art? Dina Ramadan and colleagues explored this rapidly shifting area at a recent conference in London.

Hannah Bronfman '11 is a woman of many talents—among them DJ, restaurateur, and brand creator. In this interview, she talks about her new mobile app and gives advice to enterprising college students.

Bard Conservatory graduate Ming Aldrich-Gan '10 is the music director for Bradley Cole at the New York International Fringe Festival.