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  • Spaulding Publishes Book, “Joseph Beuys and History”

    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 …

  • 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 …

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    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 …

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    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 …

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    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 …

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    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 …

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