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The Institute of Fine Arts is housed in the James B. Duke House
Selinunte, Italy excavation site
Great Hall Exhibitions Series: Marta Chilindron's work at the Institute of Fine Arts

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James B. Duke House

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Mansion at 1 East 78th Street, on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

Mansion at 1 East 78th Street, on the northeast corner of Fifth Avenue, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.

Entrance portico detail
Interior staircase
Detail of the portico
Seen from the east
Under renovation in 2012

Constructed between 1909 and 1912 as a private residence for businessman James Buchanan Duke and his family, the building has housed the New York University (NYU)'s Institute of Fine Arts since 1959.

Walter William Spencer Cook

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American art historian and professor.

American art historian and professor.

He was an emeritus professor from New York University (working from 1926–1956) and he helped found the New York University Institute of Fine Arts.

New York University

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Private research university in New York City.

Private research university in New York City.

Albert Gallatin (1761–1849) by Gilbert Stuart
NYU Building in Washington Square, 1850
The University Heights campus, now home to Bronx Community College
Washington Square Park, with its gateway arch, is surrounded largely by NYU buildings and plays an integral role in the university's campus life.
Bobst Library
Bern Dibner Library of Science and Technology on the Brooklyn campus
NYU Langone Health
NYU Abu Dhabi
NYU Shanghai
Washington Square Village, home to NYU faculty and graduate students
A bus system transports students to and from the far ends of campus.
Jack Dorsey, American billionaire and internet entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Twitter and Square, Inc.; CAS (dropped out)
Robert Muller III, American public official; lead director of the Special Counsel investigation, author of the Mueller Report, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; GSAS '67
Alan Greenspan, American economist and public official; former long-time Chairman of the Federal Reserve; Stern '48, '50, '77
Carol Bellamy, American politician; former executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF); Law '68
Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwanese politician; Former President of the Republic of China; Law '76
Jonas Salk, American biologist; creator of the polio vaccine; founder of the Salk Institute; Medicine '39
Martin Scorsese, American filmmaker, director and actor; AFI Life Achievement Award winner, 20-time Academy Award winner, 23-time BAFTA winner, 11-time Golden Globes winner; CAS '64, Steinhardt '68
Spike Lee, American filmmaker, director and producer; two-time Academy Award winner; two-time Emmy Award winner; Tisch '83
Ang Lee OBS, Taiwanese film director; three-time Academy Award winner; two-time Golden Lion winner; Tisch '83
Alan Menken, American composer, songwriter, and record producer; one of only sixteen people to have won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Tony; Steinhart '71
Suzanne Collins, American television writer and author; Author of The New York Times best-selling series The Underland Chronicles and The Hunger Games trilogy; Tisch '89
Alec Baldwin, American actor, writer, comedian and philanthropist; three-time Emmy Award winner; three-time Golden Globe winner; Tisch '94
Lady Gaga, American singer, songwriter, and actress; nine-time Grammy Award winner; thirteen-time MTV Video Music Award winner; Tisch (dropped out)
Angelina Jolie, American actress and humanitarian; three-time Golden Globe Award winner; Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; Tisch (non-degree seeking)
Mahershala Ali, American actor; two-time Academy Award winner; Golden Globe Award winner; three-time Screen Actors Guild Award winner; Tisch '00
Woody Allen, American director, actor and comedian; four-time Academy Award winner; nine-time BAFTA Award winner; Tisch (dropped out)
Adam Sandler, American actor, director and comedian; five-time MTV Movie & TV Award winner; eight-time People's Choice Award winner; Tisch '88
Donald Glover, American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and singer; two-time Golden Globe Award winner; five-time Grammy Award winner; Tisch '06
Anne Hathaway, American actress; Academy Award and Golden Globe Award winner; Gallatin (dropped out)
Tom Ford, American fashion designer and filmmaker; former creative director at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent; CAS (dropped out)

The university's internal academic centers include the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Center for Data Science, Center for Neural Science, Clive Davis Institute, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, Institute of Fine Arts, and the NYU Langone Health System.

Duke with then-husband James H. R. Cromwell, January 1940

Doris Duke

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American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, art collector, horticulturalist, and socialite.

American billionaire tobacco heiress, philanthropist, art collector, horticulturalist, and socialite.

Duke with then-husband James H. R. Cromwell, January 1940
Duke created the Italian Garden to showcase sculptures that her father had collected, such as this replica of Canova's Three Graces

One of the pieces of real estate in question was a Manhattan mansion at 1 East 78th Street which later became the home of the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.

Bober, from The Harvard Crimson c.1950s.

Harry Bober

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American art historian, a university professor, and a writer.

American art historian, a university professor, and a writer.

Bober, from The Harvard Crimson c.1950s.

In 1936, he was among the first group of students to enroll in the Fine Arts Graduate Center at New York University (NYU), this would later be known as the New York University, Institute of Fine Arts (NYU/IFA).

Lauder Greenway Estate

G. Lauder Greenway

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Prolific patron of the arts in the 20th century, especially the opera where he was the longtime chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association.

Prolific patron of the arts in the 20th century, especially the opera where he was the longtime chairman of the Metropolitan Opera Association.

Lauder Greenway Estate
Metropolitan Opera House
Home of the Philharmonic
James B. Duke House
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Outside of musical arts, he served as vice-chairman of the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University from 1946 to 1948, as its acting director from 1948 to 1951 then became chairman of the institute's advisory committee during which he orchestrated the acquisition and conversion of the James B. Duke House as the institutes headquarters.

Karl Leo Heinrich Lehmann

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German-born American art historian, archaeologist, and professor.

German-born American art historian, archaeologist, and professor.

He was a professor at New York University Institute of Fine Arts from 1935, until his death in 1950.

Linda Nochlin

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The Snake Charmer

Linda Nochlin (née Weinberg; January 30, 1931 – October 29, 2017) was an American art historian, Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emerita of Modern Art at New York University Institute of Fine Arts, and writer.

An annotated, hand-drawn map of the Abydos site from 1914

David O'Connor (Egyptologist)

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Retired Australian-American Egyptologist who primarily worked in the fields of Ancient Egypt and Nubia.

Retired Australian-American Egyptologist who primarily worked in the fields of Ancient Egypt and Nubia.

An annotated, hand-drawn map of the Abydos site from 1914
Khasekhemwy's funerary complex, Shunet el-Zebib

O’Connor is the Lila Acheson Wallace Professor Emeritus at New York University's Institute of Fine Art, the Curator Emeritus of the University of Pennsylvania's Egyptian Museum, and the director emeritus at the Abydos Archaeology expedition in Egypt.

Thomas E. Crow

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American art historian and art critic who is best known for his influential writing on the role of art in modern society and culture.

American art historian and art critic who is best known for his influential writing on the role of art in modern society and culture.

Since 2007, Crow has served as the Rosalie Solow Professor of Modern Art at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.