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IDSVA’s internationally renowned philosophers, artists, and scholars join students at residency sites, leading seminar discussions and field work that explore each location's historical, aesthetic, and ideological significance. They bring cutting-edge research and diverse global perspectives directly into the learning experience. Ilham Ibnou Zahir, Silvia Mazzini, Simonetta Moro, Laila Sandoval, and George Smith will participate in our January 2026 residencies in Marrakech and Madrid.

This online presentation on Tuesday, November 18, at 12pm EST / 6pm CET, is free and open to all. The lecture compares Bruno Latour and Michel Serres on composition, politics and the problem of decision-making beyond the human. Both ask how humans, nonhumans, artefacts and processes come together to form a world.

The Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts is pleased to host the first online book launch of "Signs from the Future. A Philosophy of Warnings" (Columbia University Press, 2025) by Santiago Zabala (ICREA/Pompeu Fabra University). The author will participate in a conversation with Silvia Mazzini (IDSVA), Simonetta Moro (IDSVA), and Martin Woessner (City College of New York).

We are pleased to present the following list of our IDSVA students and alumni participating in academic conferences this season. Congratulations to all!

As IDSVA approaches its August break, we reflect on the year we just wrapped up and take a moment to share some of the many wonderful highlights that made the last twelve months remarkable: from two summers of residencies to lecture series to symposiums, to exciting community updates, we have lots to celebrate!

We are pleased to share the news of recent publications by graduates and faculty affiliated with IDSVA. Stay tuned for upcoming online book launches in the fall!

As I write my first annual report as the President of IDSVA in between summer residencies, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for these first 14 months on the job. It has been an extraordinary year, and while there are too many generous contributors to thank each and every one by name, but all are equally deserving of my appreciation.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Nandita Baxi Sheth has been awarded the 2025 IDSVA Ted Coons Dissertation Prize for the dissertation: Being Melliferous: Towards Multispecies Aesthetics, directed by Dr. Dejan Lukic.

Each year, IDSVA awards the Honorary Degree to distinguished members of the art and philosophy community. We are excited to announce that Kahil El' Zabar and Magali Lara will receive this special honor on April 27 during the IDSVA Commencement Ceremony at the Morgan Library Auditorium in New York City.

IDSVA awards one David Driskell Fellowship with each incoming cohort.

The application deadline is April 7, 2025.

April 27, 2025 at the Morgan Library in New York City

Applications for May 2025 enrollment will be accepted until January 20, 2025.

A virtual conversation with Admissions Director Molly Davis and Professor Dejan Lukic on 12/12/24

We're pleased to present the following artists and scholars joining IDSVA students on residency in Mexico City in January 2025.