Department of Art History

Dedicated to the curious phenomenon of the philosopher’s retreat, HUTOPIA takes as its point of departure two famous philosopher’s huts: Martin Heidegger’s Black Forest cabin in the German village of Todtnauberg and the lesser-known mountain refuge built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in the remote Norwegian village of Skjolden. Both huts were constructed around the same time to serve the same purpose: offering their occupants the kind of isolation conducive to thinking the kind of thoughts that would go on to revolutionize twentieth-century philosophy.

Are you interested in a career in museums or cultural institutions where you can bring your knowledge and expertise to a public audience? A wide range of career possibilities exist for graduate students in both the sciences and the humanities, including exhibition management, audience research and analysis, marketing and communications, and advancement and development.

Exhibition Opening:

Small Frequencies 

Selections from the Booth Art Collection

McGiffert House, 5751 S. Woodlawn Ave, 3rd Fl.

Curated by Harry Choi, Margaret Hire, and Elizabeth Smith

with support of Canice Prendergast, Christine Mehring, Jennifer Carty and the Booth School of Business

In 1936, the Bauhaus artist László Moholy-Nagy was hired to create a montage sequence for Things to Come, a sci-fi film scripted by famed author H.G. Wells. Telling the story of a world wrecked by global war, poison gas, and contagious epidemics before its eventual reconstruction, the film stands as both a reflection on the First World War and an uncanny prefiguration of the Second.

The Research in Art and Visual Evidence (RAVE) Workshop provides a forum for University of Chicago graduate students––and the occasional faculty or outside speaker––to present their works-in-progress whose research centers on art or any type of visual and material culture. RAVE provides visually-minded scholars from across the university with the opportunity to receive feedback from art historians, while also ensuring that art historians think broadly and experimentally about their projects.

June 5

The Research in Art and Visual Evidence (RAVE) Workshop provides a forum for University of Chicago graduate students––and the occasional faculty or outside speaker––to present their works-in-progress whose research centers on art or any type of visual and material culture. RAVE provides visually-minded scholars from across the university with the opportunity to receive feedback from art historians, while also ensuring that art historians think broadly and experimentally about their projects.

May 29

The Research in Art and Visual Evidence (RAVE) Workshop provides a forum for University of Chicago graduate students––and the occasional faculty or outside speaker––to present their works-in-progress whose research centers on art or any type of visual and material culture. RAVE provides visually-minded scholars from across the university with the opportunity to receive feedback from art historians, while also ensuring that art historians think broadly and experimentally about their projects.

May 15 **Special Event**

May 8

Nancy P. Lin, PhD candidate, Department of Art History

"Going Outdoors: Keepers of the Waters and Experiments in Site-Based Art Practice in the 1990s"

Respondent: TBD

*No pre-circulated paper.

Joint event RAVE x VMPEA

The Research in Art and Visual Evidence (RAVE) Workshop provides a forum for University of Chicago graduate students––and the occasional faculty or outside speaker––to present their works-in-progress whose research centers on art or any type of visual and material culture. RAVE provides visually-minded scholars from across the university with the opportunity to receive feedback from art historians, while also ensuring that art historians think broadly and experimentally about their projects.

April 24

The Research in Art and Visual Evidence (RAVE) Workshop provides a forum for University of Chicago graduate students––and the occasional faculty or outside speaker––to present their works-in-progress whose research centers on art or any type of visual and material culture. RAVE provides visually-minded scholars from across the university with the opportunity to receive feedback from art historians, while also ensuring that art historians think broadly and experimentally about their projects.

April 17