History of Art and Architecture

Faculty

Fellowship and Subvention Grants: New Foundation for Art History

The New Foundation for Art History (NFAH) is a non-profit organization that seeks to support budding and mid-career art historians by way of non-residential fellowships and publication subvention grants. 

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Galleria Borghese Publishes Christopher Nygren Essay

Christopher Nygren’s essay “From the Quarry to the Studio,” written for the catalog of the exhibition A Timeless Wonder: Painting on Stone, was published by the Galleria Borghese.

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New Book on Sue Fuller Features Alex Taylor Essay

An essay by Alex Taylor on the Pittsburgh-born artist Sue Fuller (1914-2006) is featured in a new book from London-based publisher Ridinghouse and gallery Luxembourg + Co. 

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Pittwire Interviews Thomas Morton on Cathedral of Learning

Pittwire interviews Thomas Morton for the article “Cathedral of Learning or Cathy? Explaining the debate over Pitt’s most iconic building."

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HAA Faculty and Graduate Students Present at SECAC

Four members of the HAA community, Gretchen Bender, Andrea Maxwell, Isaiah Bertagnolli, and Rebecca Lowery, are presenting research at this year’s SECAC annual conference in Baltimore. 

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Hyperallergic Publishes Essay by Sylvia Rhor Samaniego

University Art Gallery Director Sylvia Rhor Samaniego has published an essay titled “Museums Have a Responsibility to Their Neighbors” on the contemporary art blog Hyperallergic. 

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Sustaining DH and Civic Switchboard Book Launch Event

Please join us for a book launch event to celebrate the release of two recent publications!

 

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Christopher Nygren Video from Saint Louis Art Museum Symposium

Christopher Nygren presented his paper “Between Stone and Blood: Painting on Obsidian in the Trans-Atlantic World,” at a virtual symposium hosted by the Saint Louis Art Museum.

 

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Professor Emerita Ann Harris honored at CAA’s 50th Anniversary of Feminism + Art

Ann Sutherland Harris gave the opening speech at the CAA’s 50th Anniversary of Feminism + Art at Boston University on September 23, 2022.
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Alex Taylor Speaks at Allegheny Landing Public Art Event

Alex Taylor will contribute to a public tour and discussion about the art and design of Allegheny Landing, the sculpture park on Pittsburgh's North Shore. 

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