Associate Professor of History of Art
Iftikhar Dadi is an artist and art historian broadly interested in the relation between art practice in the contexts of modernity, globalization, urbanization, mediatization, and post-colonialism. He has authored numerous scholarly works, including Modernism and the Art of Muslim South Asia. Curatorial activities include Unpacking Europe at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; and Lines of Control at Cornell's Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art. As an artist, Dadi works collaboratively with Elizabeth Dadi. Their practice investigates popular media's construction of memory, borders, and identity in contemporary globalization and creative resilience in urban informalities. Their work is frequently realized in large-scale installations and has been exhibited and published internationally. Dadi is an associate professor in Cornell's Department of History of Art. He received his Ph.D. in history of art from Cornell.
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