Claudia Calirman

Claudia Calirman is the Chair and Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Music at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY. She is the author of Dissident Practices: Brazilian Women Artists, 1960s-2020s (Duke, 2023). Calirman’s first book, Brazilian Art under Dictatorship: Antonio Manuel, Artur Barrio, and Cildo Meireles (Duke, 2012), analyzes the intersection of politics and the visual arts during the most repressive years of Brazil’s military regime. It received the Arvey Award by the Association for Latin American Art. Calirman is also a recipient of the Arts Writers Grant from Creative Capital/Warhol Foundation.