MAPH Student Esme Graham Published in Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art

Art History MAPH student Esme Graham's review of "Iñigo Manglano Ovalle: A Want for Nothing” has been published in the Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art, December 2025 issue:

The LAND as they left it

In the LAND as they left it, Taylor Pate's photographs document the land of Chicago’s Washington Park and Lakefront Trail through a sympathetic yet critical lens. Chicago is rooted on the ancestral lands of numerous Indigenous tribes, including the Neshnabé, Myaamia, Wea, and Kickapoo. But the Lakefront, once home to much hope, was soon filled with terror as Indigenous people were pushed away from the water and their spiritual ties to it were severed for the sake of the colonizer’s capitalistic greed.

From Objects to Landscape, and Other Stories: An Artist Talk and Conversation with Magali Lara

Join us at the Logan Center for the Arts for an artist talk with internationally renowned Mexican artist Magali Lara followed by a conversation with Art History PhD alumna and postdoctoral fellow Maggie Borowitz, hosted by the Open Practice Committee in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. See original posting here.

Liam Gillick: The Knot of Which I Speak Cannot be Knotted

We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture on Tuesday, December 2nd in CWAC 157 at 5:00pm CT with a Q&A session and reception to follow. 

Natalie Jenkins Curates Exhibition at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago

Join us at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago to celebrate the artists of “Altærity”, Curated by Art History and DoVA Alumna Natalie Jenkins with an opening event and fundraiser for the National Immigrant Justice Center. Donations can be made at this link

Marci Kwon: "Hallucinating Chinatown"

We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture as part of the 2025-26 Smart Lecture series. The lecture is Thursday, November 13th in CWAC 157 at 5:00pm CT with a Q&A session and reception to follow.