History of Art and Architecture

Past Events

Wed
Sep
25
2024

Prelude to a Feud: Helen Frick, Walter Read Hovey, and the University of Pittsburgh

Sylvia Rhor Samaniego and Alex Taylor present on the development of the Frick Fine Arts Building and the relationship between Helen Clay Frick and the University of Pittsburgh

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Wed
Sep
18
2024

Curating "Folk" and "Self-Taught" Art

Graduate student Brooke Wyatt will present this week's colloquium. 

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Wed
Sep
11
2024

Visual Culture and the History of Astronomy

Professor McCoy will present an essay on visual culture in—and as—the history of premodern astral sciences

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Wed
Sep
04
2024

HAA Graduate Students Share their Summer Experiences

Graduate students will share how they pushed forward their research agendas this summer

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Wed
Aug
28
2024

Mellon Grant: Social Justice and Disciplinary Knowledge

This week's colloquium will be an informational session on the Mellon Grant application

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Sun
Apr
28
2024

HAA 2024 Graduation Celebration

Please join us to celebrate the accomplishments of our 2024 History of Art & Architecture graduates

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Thu
Apr
25
2024

Turning Points 8: Aging Futures: Conserving Time-Based Media Art

Join the University Art Gallery's Turning Points webinar featuring a conservation between Tina Rivers Ryan and Deena Engel

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Thu
Apr
25
2024

Dissertation Defense: Marisol Villela Balderrama

Marisol Villela Balderrama will defend " "José Venturelli’s Revolutionary Art: Murals and Prints in Chile, China, East Germany, and Cuba, 1938-1964". 

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Wed
Apr
24
2024

Architectural Studies Program Final Studio Presentations

The Architectural Studies Program will host final studio presentations in the Assembly Room of William Pitt Union on Wednesday April 24 and Thursday April 25.

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Wed
Apr
24
2024

Reigniting the Spark: Conservation of Wen-Ying Tsai-bernetics

Join the University Art Gallery for a pop-up exhibition of the cybernetic work of Wen-Ying Tsai 

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