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Platemark Episodes

Feb. 11, 2025

s3e74 Dürer's connection to the Islamic East with Susan Dackerman

In this episode of Platemark, Ann talks with Susan Dackerman, a curator and art historian specializing in Northern European print culture, about her recent book, Dürer's Knots: Early European Print and the Islamic East.

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Oct. 31, 2023

s3e42 Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries with curators Lauren…

In s3e42, Platemark host Ann Shafer talks with Lauren Rosenblum and Christina Weyl about their exhibition on view at Print Center New York through December, 23, 2023. A Model Workshop: Margaret Lowengrund and The Contemporaries is the first exhibition...

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July 18, 2023

s3e30 on being a beloved National Gallery curator with Ruth Fine

In Platemark s3e30, host Ann Shafer speaks with Ruth Fine, retired curator from the National Gallery of Art. Ruth was curator of modern prints and drawings there from 1980–2002, followed by an additional period working on special projects in modern...

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April 25, 2023

s3e24 on being THAT professor for so many with curator Steve Goddard

In s3e24, host Ann Shafer speaks with Steve Goddard, curator emerita from the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. Steve’s specialty is prints of northern Europe (1450–present), although he has been known to stray into...

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Feb. 28, 2023

s3e20 on the joy of discovery in museum storerooms with curator Kimbe…

In Platemark s3e20, host Ann Shafer talks with Kimberli Gant, curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Brooklyn Museum. While Kimberli’s specialty isn’t in prints per se, she is one of those unusual non-print curators who likes and...

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Jan. 3, 2023

S3e16 on taking in a Shark's Ink's archive with curator Hope Saska

Curator Hope Saska (University of Colorado at Boulder Art Museum) talks with Platemark host Ann Shafer about taking in a print publisher's archive.

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Oct. 25, 2022

s3e12 Maureen Warren, curator

In s3e12, Platemark host Ann Shafer speaks with Maureen Warren, curator of European and (North) American art at the Krannert Art Museum at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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Aug. 30, 2022

s3e7 Elizabeth Wyckoff, curator

In s3e7, hosts Ann Shafer and Tru Ludwig sit down with Elizabeth Wyckoff, Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Saint Louis Art Museum, to talk about the exhibition Catching the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne …

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July 5, 2022

s3e3 James Wehn, curator

In s3e3, Ann Shafer and Ben Levy talk with James Wehn, Van Vleck Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs at the Chazen Museum of Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about prints, museums, curatorial work, and Israel van Meckenem.

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