How We See
How We See is a course-based exhibition that encourages students to draw from their own lives, seeking out things that spark their interest, observing and reflecting on them, and completing a project through images and text.
Students travel to New York City as part of COSI Seminar
Students travel to New York City as part of COSI Seminar, “Exhibition as Argument: Displaying Modern and Contemporary Art in Chicago and Beyond.”
Theorising the Artist Interview
Theorising the Artist Interview, fresh off the press from Routledge, features a chapter, as well as cover art created, by college and doctoral alumna Zsofi Valyi-Nagy. Edited by UK-based art historians Lucia Farinati and Jennifer Thatcher, the volume’s essays theorize the artist interview as a form of cultural production and embrace it as a critical practice co-constructed by interviewer and interviewee. Zsofi's chapter, "Herstory or mine?
Margaret Graves: The Poetics of Absence: Technologies of Impress and the Limits of Art History
We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture as part of the 2024-25 Smart Lecture series. The lecture is Tuesday, May 20th in CWAC 157 at 5:00pm CT with a Q&A session and reception to follow.
Jeffrey Moser: Making Mountains in Medieval China
We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture as part of the 2024-25 Smart Lecture series. The lecture is Thursday, April 3 in CWAC 157 at 5:00pm CT with a Q&A session and reception to follow.
Joshua I. Cohen: Toward a Global Framework for Modern African Art History
We invite you to join the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago for this upcoming lecture as part of the 2024-25 Smart Lecture series. The lecture is Thursday, February 20th in CWAC 157 at 5:00pm CT with a Q&A session and reception to follow.
The Center for the Art of East Asia (CAEA) announces a new Associate Director
Ellen Larson joins the Center for the Art of East Asia (CAEA) as newly appointed Associate Director. A scholar and curator of global contemporary art from Asia, Larson was CAEA’s postdoctoral fellow from 2022-2024, where her research and writing culminated in her current book project Ephemeral Architectures: Video Art from China since 1988. Larson also spearheaded high-profile public programming and media screenings, in addition to curating and developing exhibitions, courses, and events related to the study of contemporary art from Asia.
Major Open House
Please join us for our Major Open House to highlight more information about what our program offers and spend intentional time with undeclared students.
Memorial Service for Alan Longino
We invite you to celebrate and reflect on the life of our friend and colleague Alan Longino with a memorial service and reception gathering; you are welcome to attend either or both.
Service:
Date: Tuesday, October 8
Time: 11:00 AM
Location: Bond Chapel (1025 E 58th St, Chicago, IL 60637)
Chelsea Foxwell Co-curated Exhibition Featured in Artforum
Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of New Japan, an exhibition co-curated by Professor of Art History Chelsea Foxwell, has been featured in the September issue of the leading international art journal Artforum. This article provides a review of the exhibition currently on view (through September 15) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.