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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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    “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 …

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    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 …

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    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 …

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    Rae Rivera Publishes Exhibition Report

    Rae Rivera (Ph.D. Student) has just published an exhibition report on the “Art of Enterprise: Israhel van Meckenem’s 15th Century Print Workshop” in ICMA News v2.

  • Fall 2024 Course Highlight | Global Baroque Art

    Professor Sunghoon Lee will be teaching ART HIST 303 Global Baroque Art TR 2:30–3:45PM during the Fall 2024 semester. Sophomore Standing | Humanities Breadth | L&S Credit. Enroll here. Description: This course explores transformations in art and …

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