Department of Art History | The University of Chicago

Unpacking Provenance: Thinking & Writing Object Histories

February 19 10am-5pm, and 20th, 9-6pm, Neubauer Collegium Seminar Room

Prof. Lynn Rother with Dr. Max Koss, Leuphana Universität

In 1968, the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica wrote to fellow neoconcrete artist Lygia Clark about the "participatory relation" in his aesthetic practice. He describes it as a devouring, libidinal fury, where the spectator steps out of their role as passive observer, interacts with the work of art, and experiences sensations that can never be known to the artist. Here, Oiticica subtly references what is perhaps Brazil's most famous modernist metaphor—that of Oswald de Andrade's cannibal.

Cultivating Your Citational Practice: An Introduction to Practical and Ethical Considerations for Images and More
Monday January 22 from 4:30–5:50pm
CWAC 156 and Zoom

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Awards for Distinction jury has named Art History faculty W.J.T. Mitchell as the recipient of the 2024 CAA Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art.

Collegiate Assistant Professor of Architectural History The Humanities Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications from historians of architecture or the built environment for a four-year, non-renewable, postgraduate appointment as a Collegiate Assistant Professor, who will teach in the Department of Art History. Collegiate Assistant Professors are members of the College Faculty whose primary responsibility is to teach in the Core Curriculum, the College's general education program.

Asst. Prof. Tina Post became intrigued with how the gesture of expressionlessness operated in the 20th-century Black performances across literature, visual and performance art, film, theater, dance, the boxing ring and everyday life. For her original insights, she recently received the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present Best Book Prize for her first book, “Deadpan: The Aesthetics of Black Inexpression” (2023).

The Visual Resources Center (VRC) is excited to announce the digital archive of Jessica Stockholder, now available to the UChicago community and beyond on the VRC’s digital collections platform, LUNA. The Jessica Stockholder Archive is the first LUNA collection dedicated to a near-comprehensive overview of the work of a single artist.