In a survey of ground-breaking shows that have led the way to the present, Art in America recognized “Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China” as one of the exhibitions that defined the discussions of contemporary art in the first decade of the twenty-first century.
Congratulations to Christine Zappella Papanastassiou (Ph.D. Candidate, Art History) for being awarded the Carl S. Meyer Prize for her paper, “The Meta/Physics of Light, Confraternal Worship, and Andrea del Sarto’s Monochrome Life of St.
Dr. Yen is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan and curator of the exhibition "Everlasting Bloom: Rediscovering Taiwanese Modern Art," which runs at the Museum of the National Taipei University of Education (MONTUE) this fall. She received her Ph.D. in History of Art from Harvard University and previously served as the Director of the Graduate Institute of Art Studies, National Central University.
As the university transitions to remote learning for the remainder of the autumn quarter, Claudia Brittenham (Associate Professor, Art History and the College) discusses strategies with asynchronous teaching in a recent interview with Online Pedagogy Assistant Katie Bevil of Remote Humanities.
Join the Smart Museum of Art and EXPO CHICAGO for a live-streamed discussion with Claudia Wieser.
During the event, Wieser reflects on the myriad of influences that inform her work - from the democratic stage of ancient Roman forums to the esoteric principles of Bauhaus craftsmanship - to produce immersive spatial installations.
In conversation with artist Claudia Wieser are Jennifer Carty, Associate Curator of Modern & Contemporary Art at the Smart Museum, and Rachel Adams, Chief Curator and Director of Programs at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts.
'So you want to go to Architecture School?' is a virtual panel and Q&A with UChicago graduates on architecture school applications. It will be moderated by Luke Joyner, Lecturer, Art History and will feature:
Over the past 30 years, museum institutions have learned to engage with tribal communities more directly in the stewardship of their cultural materials. Stemming from federal mandates around the repatriation of human remains and objects of cultural patrimony, practices of consultation, and recognition of community protocols have become more commonplace in museum venues. Despite these efforts, differing ideologies of care and collaboration between museum institutions and tribal communities remain an ongoing issue of negotiation and, at times, tension.
This conversation will consider the intersection of art and politics, creativity and activism, in Jenny Holzer’s YOU BE MY ALLY and other artworks created in the context of the November 2020 and past elections as well as similar moments in history. David Joselit is a leading scholar of 20th-century modern art and postwar American art. He is a Professor of Art, Film and Visual Studies at Harvard University, editor of October, and author of numerous books, including Feedback: Television Against Democracy (2007) and Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization (2020).
“A Material Metaphor: Reading Crackle-Glazed Porcelain in Chen Hongshou’s Paintings”
Sizhao Yi, PhD Student, Art History
Respondent: Meng Zhao, PhD Candidate, Art History
Department alumna Mia Khimm (MA’09) has been appointed as the new Culture Program Director of The Joyce Foundation, a nonpartisan private foundation that invests in public policies and strategies to advance racial equity and economic mobility for the next generation in the Great Lakes region.