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Summer in Belgium: M.A. student Annelies Verellen dives deep into The Age of Rubens

Jul 12, 2023

M.A. student Annelies Verellen has just returned from Belgium, where she spent an illuminating 10 days in the Flemish Art Collection's summer course, Study of the Arts in Flanders - The Age of Rubens.

Exciting achievements out of our Art Conservation alumni

Jun 14, 2023

Congratulations to ³ÉÈË´óƬ Art Conservation alumni who attended the Canadian Association for Cultural Property's 28th Annual Conference in Victoria, B.C., and to Emma Griffiths (M.A.C. '22), winner of the 2023 CAPC Emerging Conservator Grant!

Ph.D. candidate contributes to African art installations at Denver Art Museum

May 15, 2023

Supported by the valuable contributions of ³ÉÈË´óƬ Ph.D. candidate, Adekunle Adeniji, the Denver Art Museum has recently reopened its African art installations.

Art & Activism students curate Union Gallery exhibition

May 03, 2023

Currently on through May 20 at Union Gallery: check out Creating Desire Lines: Pathways to a Counter Education, the exhibition curated by the students of ARTH 420/868: Art and Activism.

Art Conservation alumna wins two awards from American Institute for Conservation

Apr 24, 2023

Congratulations to ³ÉÈË´óƬ Master of Art Conservation alumna Sally Gunhee Kim (M.A.C. '19), who is the recipient of not one, but two awards from the American Institute for Conservation!

Dr. Aaron Shugar appointed Bader Chair in Art Conservation

Apr 19, 2023

As Bader Chair, Dr. Shugar will help the ³ÉÈË´óƬ Master of Art Conservation program establish a fifth stream of study, adding analytical imaging to the current streams: conservation of paper, paintings, objects, and conservation science.

Art History Professor Emeritus Pierre du Prey co-authors award-winning book

Apr 17, 2023

Congratulations to ³ÉÈË´óƬ Art History Professor Emeritus Pierre du Prey, whose work with Anatole Tchikine on "Francesco Ignazio Lazzari's Discrizione della villa pliniana: Visions of Antiquity in the Landscape of Umbria" received the 2023 Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award!

³ÉÈË´óƬ Art History in London!

Apr 17, 2023

³ÉÈË´óƬ Art History had significant representation at the 2023 annual Association for Art History conference, held at University College London! 

Art History Prof. Ron Spronk organizes international Jherinomus Bosch conference

Apr 11, 2023

Speaking at this year's conference are ³ÉÈË´óƬ Art History Ph.D. candidate Astrid Hobill -- on "Pieter Coecke as Intermediary: Inserting the link between Bosch and Bruegel" -- and alumna Marie-Eve Lafontaine (B.A., Art History) -- on "Connoisseurship and attribution: the Haywain"

Congratulations, Art History 3-Minute Thesis competitors!

Mar 17, 2023

These five students participate in the ³ÉÈË´óƬ University-wide 3MT competition finals on March 22, 2023. Congratulations to our amazing students!

Department Head Norman Vorano interviewed on "The Unfinished Print" podcast

Mar 17, 2023

The latest episode of Andre Zadoroznky's popular podcast, The Unfinished Print -- a deep dive about the art of Japanese woodblock printing or mokuhanga -- features an interview with Dr. Norman Vorano, Head of the Department of Art History & Art Conservation.

Art History Ph.D. student awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

Mar 16, 2023

Ph.D. student Béatrice Cloutier-Trepanier has been awarded a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, to continue her research on American painter Lee Lozano.