Online Features and Publications

‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ by Hokusai - SCADclass Ep. 109

In the late Edo period, master artist Katsushika Hokusai created his most iconic collection of woodblock prints, “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji,” and what would go on to become one of the most reproduced artworks in history: “The Great Wave off Kanagawa.” Join SCAD President and Founder Paula Wallace and SCAD professor of art history Cindy Lisica, Ph.D., and dive into the wave that revolutionized art across the globe.

Global Perspectives in Modern Art: Turning Points of the 20th Century

Cindy Lisica’s account of twentieth-century art presents an indispensable and inclusive overview of Modernism that acknowledges the “big hits” while illuminating previously overlooked narratives and artists across the globe. The text covers major movements from Impressionism to Street Art and new media, re-envisioning existing narratives with a contemporary eye toward gender, cultural analysis, and socio-political concerns. Global Perspectives in Modern Art: Turning Points of the 20th Century identifies trailblazers and pioneers of the art world(s) and recognizes established traditions —and the groundbreakers who challenged them

Artwork Archive: 5 Questions for Gallerist & Professor Cindy Lisica, PhD

We asked Professor Lisica five questions that emerging artists wish they could ask a gallerist, but are perhaps too intimidated to do so. Here's what we learned.

University of the Arts London: Featured Alumni (2020)

Cindy Lisica is a professor, curator, and consultant on Modern and Contemporary Art with a PhD in History and Theory of Art from UAL. We asked Cindy some questions about her career and experience with us…

PAPERCITY: Looking Back at the Dallas Art Fair – the First-Timers Tell All

An Art Historian Weighs In (May 2018)

Lisica told PaperCity via phone that she traveled to Dallas (her first visit to the city) specifically for the Fair, and labeled the entire experience as “impressive.” In a follow-up email, the art historian-gallerist-curator singled out some of her favorite moments from Fair week…

PAPERCITY: The Unknown Andy

Cracking Open Warhol’s Time Capsules (October 2017)

I got to know the person — not the celebrity, the famous artist, the New York socialite, or the “King of Pop,” but the funny, insecure, shy, obsessive, thoughtful, sometimes heartbroken, and caring human being that he was…

CAA REVIEWS: We Chat

A Dialogue in Contemporary Chinese Art (2016/2017)

As a generation, they are similar to their Western peers, accused of possessing a sense of entitlement. More importantly, however, they share anxieties about the impact of pollution, the generation gap, and the increasingly capitalistic world in which their future lies…

ART LIBRARIES JOURNAL

Cindy Lisica & Lucy Mulroney on Listening to Artists (2015)

This conversation raises questions of authenticity and authorship in art historical lineage, well-known quotes, publications and audio recordings by Warhol and today’s contemporary artists.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULAR CULTURE: Imaginary Japan

Generation Superflat: Fashion Fusions and Disappearing Divisions in the 21st Century (2010)

Many rising artists are focused on creating a body of work that leaves a lasting impression through commerce, and the synthesis of ideas and layering of identities via cross-cultural exchange have produced a new form of hybrid and hyper Pop art, often as high fashion items and other retail products.