Professor Daniel Spaulding recently published a new book, Joseph Beuys and History, which is the first rigorous art historical study of the artist in English. Joseph Beuys (1921–1986) was one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century—and …
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Professor Preeti Chopra’s New publication
Professor Preeti Chopra publishes a chapter, “Palimpsests of Colonial Bombay,” in “The City as Oeuvre, the Oeuvre of the City,” edited by Gyan Prakash. The catalogue is published in conjunction with the Delhi Art Gallery …
Professor Jill H. Casid’s Conversation on Curating the Whitney Biennial
Professor Jill H. Casid joins Whitney Biennial 2026 co-curators and UW-Madison Art History alumni Marcela Guerrero (Ph.D. 2015) and Drew Sawyer (B.A. 2005) for a conversation about the process of organizing this edition of the …
Meg Hamilton Wilson to present at Arboretum Research Symposium
PhD student Meg Hamilton Wilson will present a talk at the UW-Madison Arboretum Research Symposium on February 6th at 10:30am. Wilson, a 2024 UW-Madison Arboretum Research Fellow and winner of the inaugural CHE Nelson Art …
Professor Anna Campbell joins NEW INC
Professor Anna Campbell has been selected for the Social Architecture Cohort for NEW INC, a cultural incubator run by the New Museum in New York. During the yearlong program, Campbell will be working on two site-specific …
Levi Sherman Exhibits Art Installation
Levi Sherman (PhD candidate) created a site-specific, interactive installation for a local outdoor arts event, A Breath of Fresh Art. The piece is a guided walking meditation that addresses the event’s theme of “democracy in life and …
Kristin Phillips-Court Featured in I Tatti Studies
Congratulations to Kristin Phillips-Court, Associate Professor of Italian and Art History, whose article on Raphael’s Parnassus fresco will be featured in the fall edition of I Tatti Studies. In her article, Professor Phillips-Court explores how Vasari filtered a vast history …
“Material Muses” at the Haggerty
Ph.D. Candidates Abby Armstrong Check, Claire Kilgore, and Tania Kolarik have co-curated the upcoming exhibition “Material Muses: Medieval Devotional Culture and its Afterlives” at the Haggerty Museum of Art on the campus of Marquette University …
Guerrero, Sawyer to Curate 2026 Whitney Biennial
Congratulations to UW Art History alumni Drew Sawyer (B.A. 2005) and Marcela Guerrero (Ph.D. 2015) on their being named co-curators of the 2026 Whitney Biennial. We are so proud of our department’s alumni and their …
Fall 2024 Course Highlight | Introduction to African Art & Architecture
Professor Elaine Sullivan will teach ART HIST 241 Introduction to African Art and Architecture MWF 11:00–11:50 AM during the Fall 2024 semester. NO PREREQS! | Humanities Breadth | L&S Credit | Enroll here Description: Africa is the world’s second-largest continent, home …