Marica Vilcek, chair of the NYU Institute of Fine Arts’ Board of Trustees, is pleased to announce the addition of three new members of the Institute’s Board. Harriet Stratis, paper conservator, technical art historian, and alumna of the Institute; Pa
Marica Vilcek, Philanthropist and Art Historian, Honored by NYU Institute of Fine Arts
The honor recognizes Ms. Vilcek s commitment to excellence in curatorial education and her dedication to providing meaningful opportunities to students and scholars
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NEW YORK, May 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ New York University s Institute of Fine Arts is renaming the Great Hall of the James B. Duke House Marica Vilcek Great Hall in honor of the Vilcek Foundation s co-founder, vice chairman and secretary.
A photograph of Marica Vilcek in her office. Marica has chin-length blonde hair and wears a lavender suit.
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The fieldwork over the next two years will focus on the further exploration of the royal brewery and the analysis of the evidence for the ritual use of beer in the nearby royal funerary temples
Abydos excavation site
The Division of Archaeological and Ethnographic Field Research of the National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded NYU’s Institute of Fine Arts $150,000 to support the project “Excavation of Egypt’s first industrial-scale brewery, located at the ancient site of Abydos.” These funds will specifically support two field seasons of excavations at Abydos that aim to address the question of the relationship between beer production on such an enormous, truly industrial scale and the early development of Egyptian kingship and the state.