Scholar lecture by Claudia Swan, associate professor of Art History at Northwestern University, presented as part of the KAM exhibition Coveting Nature: Art, Collecting, and Natural History in Early Modern Europe, co-curated by Maureen Warren, curator of European and American Art at KAM and Anna Chen, head librarian, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of California at Los Angeles (On view at Krannert Art Museum August 31–December 22, 2017).
This lecture is the Fall 2017 Philipp Fehl Lecture in Art, honoring the work of the distinguished scholar and University of Illinois professor Philipp Fehl. Co-sponsored by the Department of Entomology, Department of History, and Krannert Art Museum.
About Krannert Art Museum
Krannert Art Museum (KAM) promotes a vibrant exchange of ideas in the visual arts. KAM's rich permanent collection contains over 10,000 works of art dating from the fourth millennium BCE to the present, representing a broad range of cultures and varied modes of expression. Located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, KAM is the second largest general fine arts museum in Illinois. It operates within the College of Fine and Applied Arts. More information can be found at kam.illinois.edu
