kathryn hoffmann

Observatory, or, "How many of my favorite sciarthistory bloggers can you fit in one room?"

User Image bioephemera | March 24, 2009
The Sleeping Venus (1944) Paul Delvaux Observatory is a new collaborative art space located in Brooklyn, where it is reportedly sandwiched between Proteus Gowanus, Cabinet Magazine, and the Morbid Anatomy library. Its illustrious proprietors include Pam of Phantasmaphile, Joanna of Morbid Anatomy, and D&M of Curious Expeditions. And if that's not reason enough to be excited, tonight they are hosting a talk by Kathryn Hoffmann of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, entitled "Reveries of Sleeping Beauty: Slumber and Death in Anatomical Museums, Fairground Shows, and Art." I saw Dr. Hoffmann…