Bindman is an internationally known scholar of 18th and 19th century British art. He has written books and exhibition catalogs on artists including William Blake, William Hogarth, Henry Fuseli and John Flaxman. This interdisciplinary symposium will set Hogarth's graphic art in the wider context of 18th century visual, literary and political culture. Also on the panel will be Patricia Crown, professor in the department of art history and archeology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, a specialist in 18th and 19th century European art and women's studies, and the author of numerous publications on British, French and German art of this period. The symposium and reception will be held in the exhibition space at the Mary and Leigh Block Gallery.
Pre- registration is required.
The Mary and Leigh Block Gallery is located at 1967 S. Campus Drive, on the Arts Circle, Evanston campus. It is open from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays. Admission is free to the gallery and outdoor sculpture garden.