Dr. Lisa Trever, the Lisa and Bernard Selz Associate Professor of Pre-Columbian Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University, illuminates the archaeological context of the exhibition Fernando “Huanchaco” Gutierrez: Checán Stereo.
Dr. Trever is a specialist in the art history and archaeology of what is now considered Latin America, with a research focus on the ancient art and architecture of the Pacific coast of South America. Here she will present very recent research as well as provide historical references and cultural background on the Moche culture of modern-day Peru that Fernando “Huanchaco” Gutierrez references in his work.
The Findlay Family Lecture is funded by a generous gift from the Findlay Family Foundation.
From September 14-20, Cornell students, faculty, and staff are invited to go off-line, off-screen, and off-tech to participate in Cornell Unplugged 2026.
Left to right: Painting (detail) of an enthroned woman speaking to a bird-man (photograph by Lisa Trever); owl shaman effigy jar (2006.070.394)