Wu Hung, Christine Mehring and Leslie Wilson appointed at Smart Museum
Art History professors Wu Hung and Christine Mehring have been named Adjunct Curator and will both advise on Museum programming and acquisitions and produce the occasional major exhibition. In addition, Leslie Wilson (PhD 2017) has been named the first Curatorial Fellow for Diversity in the Arts, a two-year curatorial fellowship that is designed to help expand the professional fields of art history and museum practice to include individuals from traditionally underrepresented populations.
New Narratives for Contemporary Art
This one-day conference will address the need to produce new narratives for contemporary art history that engage in current post-colonial/decolonial debates. Contributors will include artists, art historians, and curators who organize their research and practice around non-hegemonic art and cultural processes, pointing to different historiographical perspectives.
Logan Center Gallery Talk: Claudia Brittenham
Claudia Brittenham, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Chicago, leads a gallery talk that focuses on the use of ancient Mesoamerican codices in the exhibition Mariana Castillo Deball: Petlacoatl (November 16, 2018 - January 13, 2019).
2018-19 UChicago AIC COSI Fellows
As part of the Chicago Objects Study Initiative (COSI) supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, we are pleased to announce that PhD candidates Hanne Graversen, Nancy Thebaut, and Christine Zappella will serve as 2018-19 COSI Fellows. Working closely with curatorial mentors at the Art Institute of Chicago, COSI Fellows engage deeply in AIC collection research and participate in related art historical and professional training.
Visit each student’s profile to learn more about their areas of research:
Speaking of Art: A Roundtable on Artist Interviews with Ina Blom, Rachel Cohen, and Solveig Nelson
A lunchtime conversation with Ina Blom, Rachel Cohen, and Solveig Nelson on the topic of artist interviews. Lunch will be provided and all are welcome. Please contact Zsofi Valyi-Nagy (zsvn@uchicago.edu) with any questions.
Speaking of Art: Artist Interviews in Scholarship and Practice