News: Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art
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The symposium is presented by professor Lawrence Zoller from the School of Dental Medicine.
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Find out what it means to think about vision as an active process in the brain, not just the eye.
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Three new exhibitions at the Barrick, along with shows at the Donna Beam, Grant Hall Gallery, and Lied Library, explore identity and form. Public reception is Feb. 9.
'Identity Tapestry' allows visitors to create a textual portrait of themselves. It will be up until May 12.
Museum director Alisha Kerlin is building a network of collaborators from disparate disciplines and inventing new ways to entice the community to campus.
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Hickey has written for such publications as Rolling Stone, Art News, Art in America, Artforum, Harper's Magazine, Vanity Fair, and many others.
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Four stumbling blocks impede clear communication on climate change.
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A rock musician, historian, and director finds four spots in the recent past where Beethoven's Ninth Symphony had a profound connection with current events.
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The internationally acclaimed art critic will deliver two lectures on art and writing.
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In an era of answers at our fingertips, UNLV’s real role is to promote ignorance in our students, argues the Barrick Museum’s D.K. Sole.
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With a variety of university-sponsored camps taking place both on and off campus, UNLV is anything but quiet this summer
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School is out! Bring the kids for a day of free art activities for the entire community.