This talk explores when cities get hotter, how we measure these effects, and what makes them worse or better, and discusses Abu Dhabi, a rapidly growing desert city, to see how heat islands play out in extreme climates, and what lessons desert cities can teach us about the future of urban living.
October 15, 2025
An evaluation of the work’s place and importance in Leonardo’s oeuvre are considered, as well as new connections and discoveries, which have continued to evolve even in its absence. Its disappearance after the historic 2017 sale at Christie’s has caused rife speculation about its whereabouts, scholarly opinion. Can we expect to see it again?
October 20, 2025
Katia Arfara’s new book, Curating the Commons: Socially Engaged Public Art, offers an in-depth study on performance-centered artworks she curated in unexpected urban spaces in Greece during the austerity years, complicating notions of memory, agency, mobility, and belonging.
November 5, 2025
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