Unwilling: Exercises In Melancholy

Unwilling: Exercises In Melancholy

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March 23—April 27, 2018
Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery

Resisting the historical definition of melancholy as an affliction that creates disorder or inactivity, this exhibition reimagines passive sadness as powerful refusal, a conscious (or unconscious) “standing aside,” a willful production of generative failures and resistant potencies. Details »

Noa Giniger, The Sorrow the Joy Brings, collage from steel engraving (Napoleons Grab, 1838), 2012. 16.5 x 21 cm. (publication detail). Courtesy of the artist.

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It's on! Make your gift before the 1,833-minute challenge ends at 6:48 p.m. EDT on March 21, and help Haverford receive a $250,000 match.

Photo: Patrick Montero.

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Haverford College mailed acceptance letters to the 877 students offered admission to the Class of 2022. This class represents the College's most selective year yet. After receiving a record 4,682 applications, Haverford admitted 18.7 percent of its applicants.

The picture of the future Class of 2022 will become even clearer after May 1, the date by which accepted students must commit to enroll in the College. Photo: Patrick Montero.

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