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Susan Weber (born 1954) is an American historian. She is the founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center (BGC) for studies in the decorative arts, design history, and material culture affiliated with Bard College in Dutchess County, New York. She was previously married to George Soros.
Apr 25, 2024 · As the founder and director of Bard Graduate Center, my overall interests lie in the study of objects—not only what we can learn from them about how we live now, but how they teach us about how we lived in the past.
May 4, 2015 · Weber, who received a Ph.D. from London’s Royal College of Art, remains director of the Bard school, and though her speciality is in British decorative arts and design of the 18th and 19th centuries, her personal interests are as broad as the school’s course offerings—from Swedish wooden toys to Chinese cloisonné.
Founded by Dr. Susan Weber in 1993, Bard Graduate Center is an academic unit of Bard College through which it is accredited and a member of the Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH).
Dr. Susan Weber is founder and director of Bard Graduate Center for the Decorative Arts, Design History, and Material Culture (BGC) in New York where she is the Iris Horowitz Professor in the History of Decorative Arts .
Jan 7, 2014 · Weber stands under an oil portrait of Kent, an artist who transformed English taste in the early 1700s with his architecture, interiors, furniture, metalwork, illustrations, costumes, and gardens. Despite his enormous influence, he died in obscurity in 1748.
Jun 30, 2014 · Susan Weber says she put the cart before the horse when she founded the Bard Graduate Center program in the decorative arts and design history in New York in 1993. "We burst on the scene, and for 20 years we were playing catch-up," she says.
Apr 19, 2023 · Founded by Dr. Susan Weber in 1993, Bard Graduate Center is an academic unit of Bard College through which it is accredited and a member of the Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH).
Bard Graduate Center Director Susan Weber Wins Prestigious Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award. ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y.—Founder and director of the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture (BGC) Susan Weber is the recipient of the 2015 Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award from the College Art Association (CAA) for the catalogue ...
Susan Weber serves as a Trustee of Bard College. She is a member of the Chairman's Council of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the Visiting Committee of the European Sculpture and Decorative Arts department and the Watson Library.
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