Kim Beil
ITALIC Associate Director
Stanford Introductory Studies
Bio
Kim Beil is an art historian who specializes in the history of photography. Her book, Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography, looks at 50 stylistic trends in the medium since the 19th century. Recently she’s written about photography and climate change for The Atlantic, a survey of street views for Cabinet, and a history of screenshots for the Believer. She also writes frequently about modern and contemporary art for Artforum, Art in America, BOMB, Photograph, and Sculpture magazines.
Academic Appointments
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Lecturer, Stanford Introductory Studies
2021-22 Courses
- Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Art Worlds: Conversations between Artists and Scholars
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Challenging
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Creating
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99
RESPROG 101A (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (Spring)
RESPROG 101C (Spr) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (WINTER)
RESPROG 101B (Win) -
Independent Studies (1)
- Immersion in the Arts
ITALIC 99 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Immersion in the Arts
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Prior Year Courses
2020-21 Courses
- Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Art Worlds: Conversations between Artists and Scholars
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Challenging
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Creating
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99
RESPROG 101A (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (Spring)
RESPROG 101C (Spr) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (WINTER)
RESPROG 101B (Win)
2019-20 Courses
- ITALIC Seminar: Notes to a Young Artist
ITALIC 100 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Challenging
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Creating
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Interpreting
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Instructors of ITALIC 99
RESPROG 101A (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (Spring)
RESPROG 101C (Spr) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (WINTER)
RESPROG 101B (Win)
2018-19 Courses
- Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Challenging
ITALIC 93 (Spr) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Creating
ITALIC 91 (Aut) - Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Interpreting
ITALIC 92 (Win) - Instructors of ITALIC 99
RESPROG 101A (Aut) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (Spring)
RESPROG 101C (Spr) - Instructors of ITALIC 99 (WINTER)
RESPROG 101B (Win) - Writing and the Visual: The Art of Art Writing
ARTHIST 294 (Win)
- Immersion in the Arts: Living in Culture, Art Worlds: Conversations between Artists and Scholars
All Publications
- Street Views Cabinet Magazine 2021
- On Craft: What I Learned While Cataloguing An Entire Library Literary Hub 2021
- Midwestern Exposure Lapham's Quarterly 2021
- Good Pictures: A History of Popular Photography Stanford University Press. 2020
- Why We Love To Play Pretend In Front Of Scenic Backdrops Aeon 2020
- No Longer Trending: On How We Name Photographic Fads Literary Hub 2020
- Snap Judgment Lapham's Quarterly 2020
- Photography Has Never Known How To Handle Climate Change The Atlantic 2020
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The Myth of Black and White Modernism: Color Photographs and the Politics of Retrojective Looking
VISUAL RESOURCES
2015; 31 (3-4): 127–53
View details for DOI 10.1080/01973762.2015.1073972
View details for Web of Science ID 000366809100001