History of Art and Architecture

Faculty

UAG Director participates in #NotWhiteCollective's In Dialogue Series

UAG Director Sylvia Rhor will be a guest in the In-Dialogue series presented by the #notwhitecollective in partnership with City of Asylum on January 10th at 6pm.
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Jennifer Josten Moderates Conversation at The Warhol

Jennifer Josten will moderate a conversation titled Art in Context: Expanding Art History at the Warhol on January 28, 2022.
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HAA seeks its next Mellon Chair, a modern or contemporary historian of African, African American, or African Diasporic Art

The Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh seeks to appoint a historian to the Andrew W. Mellon Chair.

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Prof. Nygren lecture at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome - December 6th

Spanish colonization introduced a host of artistic materials into European workshops. This research seminar examines the artistic, ecological, and spiritual stakes that motivated several European painters to use obsidian from the Americas as the substrate for their devotional paintings.
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Gao Minglu Interviewed on New Book

Research Professor Emeritus Gao Minglu was interviewed by Phoenix Arts on his new book entitled History of Chinese Contemporary Art, published by Shanghai University Press in March 2021.
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Kirk Savage Interviewed on Memorials For COVID-19 Deaths

Over the summer, Kirk Savage was interviewed on grassroots memorials to remember U.S. COVID-19 deaths.

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Sylvia Rhor Samaniego Interviewed on Black Lives in Focus Initiative

Black Lives in Focus initiative celebrate Black lives through exhibitions, student and community engagement, and more.

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Sylvia Rhor Samaniego Co-Curates Exhibit at the Mattress Factory

Centered on themes of community conversation and equity in the arts, "making home here" will feature the work of local artists.

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Kirk Savage Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Kirk Savage has been elected to join other scholars, artists, and leaders who contribute to the creation of a better world.

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In Memory of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Franklin Toker

Dr. Toker passed away on April 19, 2021 after serving for more than forty years in the academic community.

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