History of Art and Architecture

Faculty

Drew Armstrong Presents A Damming History at CMNH

Drew Armstrong discusses the impact of dams in “A Damming History: Cultural and Ecological Consequences in Egypt and Pittsburgh."

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Christopher Nygren Awarded Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellowship

Christopher Nygren will be in residence at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery in Washington, DC (2021–22).

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First-Year Programs Offers ‘In the Museum’ Academic Community

For the second year, HAA is contributing to an Academic Community titled ‘In the Museum.’

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Jennifer Josten Investigates Artists' Research Practices

Jennifer Josten joins a panel of researches at the Frost Art Museum FIU to discuss contemporary art of Latin America in relation to current exhibition.

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Other Voices, Other Walls

Sylvia Rhor Samaniego joins panelists in a conversation on the role of murals as transnational forms of communication to encourage awareness on the interconnectedness between art, places, and ecology.

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Jessica Landau to Keynote Tufts Graduate Art History Symposium

Jessica Landau will deliver a keynote presentation at the Tufts University History of Art and Architecture graduate symposium "The Elephant in the Room: An Examination of Animals in Art."

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Jennifer Josten and Colleagues Publish "Displaying Greater Mexico"

The current issue of the peer-reviewed journal Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture includes "Dialogues: Displaying Greater Mexico: Border-Crossing Exhibitions, 1990–2020," guest edited by Jennifer Josten.

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HAA Students Co-Curate Exhibition at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art

Alex Taylor's Fall 2020 Curatorial Practicum class co-curated "Pattern Makers," a collection-based exhibition now open at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art.

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Christopher Nygren Discusses Art and the Solidarity of the Ages on Podcast

Christopher Nygren shares his experiences with COVID, teaching during a pandemic, and how history gives solace at a time like this.

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Michelle McCoy Speaks to SOAS Postgraduate Students

Michelle McCoy delivers an online lecture on her work for the 2016 exhibition "Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Art on China's Silk Road."

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