Museum of Art

George H. Marcus, art historian at the University of Pennsylvania and former director of publications at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is coauthor of Landmarks of Twentieth Century Design (1993) and monographs on Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, and Fifties Design. His talk is sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum or Art and the Departments of French and Japanese in conjunction with the exhibition Deco Japan on view at the Museum through April 24. Free

Shakespeare has been a prism through which American issues—revolution, slavery, war, social justice—have been refracted. Drawing upon his recent anthology of writings, Columbia University professor James Shapiro explores how the history of Shakespeare in America is also the history of America itself. Shapiro is the author of 1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare; Contested Will, Shakespeare in America; and The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606. Presented in conjuntion with the museum exhibition First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare.

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free

Curated by master tattoo artist and author Takahiro Kitamura, this exhibition explores the craftsmanship of traditional Japanese tattooing and its roots in the arts of calligraphy and ukiyo-e woodblock printmaking. Full-scale photographs by Kip Fulbeck showcase the splendor of modern works by seven internationally acclaimed Japanese-style tattoo artists: Ryudaibori (formerly Horitaka), Horitomo, Horishiki (Chris Brand), Junii, Miyazo, Shige, and Yokohama Horiken. Free