Following the stellar exhibition review by Holland Cotter of no existe un mundo poshuracán, the New York Times has published an article about Art History alumna Marcela Guerrero (Ph.D., 2015), who, as an assistant curator, is transforming the Whitney Museum of American Art …
Month: January 2023
Save the Date | Inaugural Distinguished Alum Lecture with Amy Powell (PhD, 2012)
Save the date for our Inaugural Distinguished Alum Lecture with Dr. Amy L. Powell (Ph.D., 2012), Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that will take place Thursday, Friday …
Student Spotlight | Marie-Agathe Simonetti Publishes Article
Marie-Agathe Simonetti (Ph.D. Candidate) has just published her first article: “Color Galore in the French Colonial Empire: Léon Busy as Amateur Autochromist in the Service of the French Government of Indochina,” in the journal Rundbrief Fotografie. Her …
Faculty News | Professor Thomas Dale Named MAA Fellow
Professor Thomas E. A. Dale, the Simona and Jerome Chazen Distinguished Chair of Art History, has been elected to the Medieval Academy of America‘s Fellows Class of 2023. A prestigious honor, fellows are nominated by their colleagues within the …
First Day of the Spring 2023 Semester!
Welcome Back Badgers!!! 🦡 We hope that you have a wonderful first day of the Spring 2023 Semester! #uwmadison #uwmadisonarthistory #OnWisconsin
Faculty News | Professor Spaulding’s Edits and Publishes in Selva
Professor Daniel Spaulding has edited the latest edition of Selva, an open access peer-reviewed journal of the history and historiography of art, and published it’s opening article. The article, “Ideology, Strategy, Aesthetics,” can be read in full here.
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | From Tomb to Temple: Ancient Chinese Art and Religion in Transition
Professor Yuhang Li will be teaching ART HIST 307/776 | From Tomb to Temple: Ancient Chinese Art and Religion in Transition TR 9:30–10:45 AM during the Spring 2023 semester. This will be the first time since Fall 2019 that …
Student & Alumni Spotlight | Badgers Attend Botticelli Exhibition in Minneapolis
This past Friday, December 30th, 2022 several past and current Department of Art History graduate students assembled in Minneapolis, Minnesota to see an exhibition of works from Renaissance Florence focused on Sandro Botticelli that are …
Spring 2023 Course Highlight | From Mecca to Dubai: Architecture in Arabia
Need a seminar for spring? Curious about Qatar after watching the World Cup? Come think it through with us! Professor Jennifer Pruitt will be offering AH 510/810 From Mecca to Dubai: Architecture in Arabia | Wednesdays 5:00–7:30PM | L&S Credit. Email …
Student Spotlight | Abby Armstrong Check Publishes Book Review
Ph.D. Student Abby Armstrong Check has published a book review for Alison Locke Perchuk’s 2021 book The Medieval Monastery of Saint Elijah: A History in Paint and Stone in the 53rd volume of Comitatus: A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance …