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    Essays on periods and aspects of New School history, partial and evolving.

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    Profiles of people who have passed through the New School. Entries focus on their time at the school.

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    New School Archives staff reflect on debates, conundrums, and fascinations in the archives.

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    Scholarly commentary, personal memories, opinion.

  • Projects

    Exhibitions and collaborative projects exploring New School history.

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Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History   
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

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Allan Kaprow

Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2019
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Arts
Parsons School of Design

Allan Kaprow was an American painter who taught at the New School during the 1970s. You can read about him here.

If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Allan Kaprow, email us at archivist@newschool.edu. We welcome contributions.

Allan Kaprow (1927-2006) was an American painter best known for his development of performance art. He began teaching at the New School in the 1970's.

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  • The Legacy of Jackson Pollock

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  • Histories

    Essays on periods and aspects of New School history, partial and evolving.

  • People

    Profiles of people who have passed through the New School. Entries focus on their time at the school.

  • Reader

    Readings, artworks and other resources by and about New School faculty, staff, and students.

  • In the Archives

    New School Archives staff reflect on debates, conundrums, and fascinations in the archives.

  • Reflections & Analysis

    Scholarly commentary, personal memories, opinion.

  • Projects

    Exhibitions and collaborative projects exploring New School history.

About

Editors   
Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History   
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies   
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

Connections   
The New School Archives  
Digital Collections from the Archives  
Public Seminar  
The New School

We invite contributions to this site! Contact us at archivist@newschool.edu.

Please follow our Style Guide for all submissions.

All work on the site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.