
In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing
What does it mean to make art history? In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing considers the role of art in society, how knowledge is shared (or obscured), and the way histories are made and unmade—while also considering the personal stakes of scholarship. Each episode offers a lively, in-depth look into the life and mind of a scholar or artist working with art historical or visual material. Discussions touch on guests’ current research projects, career paths, and significant texts, mentors, and experiences that have shaped their thinking. We invite you to join us and listen in on these conversations about the stakes of doing art history today.
Podcasting since 2020 • 58 episodes
In the Foreground: Conversations on Art & Writing
Latest Episodes
“Fragmentary Ruins and the Enduring Image”: Cammy Brothers on Drawing as a Way of Thinking
In this final episode of the season focused on the craft of writing, Sara Houghteling (special projects coordinator in the Research and Academic Program) speaks with Cammy Brothers, a scholar of art and architecture at Northeastern University. ...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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43:20

"A Critique of What Art Can Do”: Jennifer Nelson on Undoing Mastery
In this episode, Sara Houghteling (special projects coordinator in the Research and Academic Program) speaks with Jennifer Nelson, a poet and scholar of early modern art at the University of Delaware. Through the lens of their first book on Hol...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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40:15

“To Give Shape to a Way of Seeing the Past”: Shira Brisman on the Intimacy of Writing the History of Social Art
In this continuation of a season focused on the craft of writing in art history, Sara Houghteling (special projects coordinator in the Research and Academic Program) speaks to Shira Brisman, a historian of early modern art and assistant profess...
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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44:15

“The Magic Art of Framing”: Alexander Nemerov on Writing History and Making a World
This is the first episode of a new season focused on the craft of writing in art history. Sara Houghteling (special projects coordinator for the Research and Academic Program and a fiction writer) speaks with Alexander Nemerov, professor of art...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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41:11

"On Living Archives": Tsedaye Makonnen on Collaboration and Black Performance Practices
In this episode, Caitlin Woolsey (Assistant Director of the Research and Academic Program) speaks with artist and curator Tsedaye Makonnen about her multidisciplinary studio, curatorial, and research-based practice. They discuss how Tsedaye’s s...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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36:54
