Architectural historian and director of the Preservation Studies Program at Boston University Daniel Bluestone (PhD ’84) explores the contentious yearlong international preservation campaign spurred by the Chicago Theological Seminary’s 1957 plan to demolish Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House and replace it with a married student dormitory.
Congratulations to Associate Professor of Art History and the College Niall Atkinson for his Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Mentoring.
The Department of Art History, the Humanities Division, the College, and Institute for Molecular Engineering announce a new Conservation Science Teaching Program with the Art Institute of Chicago.
Updated July 15, 2019
The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has named Wu Hung, a scholar of Chinese art, as its next A.W. Mellon lecturer. A widely respected art historian and professor at the University of Chicago, Wu will present six lectures beginning in March 2019 that examine the period between the third century BC and 1911, during which a succession of nine dynasties shaped the political and cultural landscape of China.
Conversations with artists conducted by scholars, conservators, and curators are an increasingly integral component of textual and object-based research and museum practices, particularly when investigating recent histories and marginalized practices. Whether we publish these interviews as standalone texts or use them as evidence in our writings (dissertations, books, and articles), we are creating a new historical record.