History of Art and Architecture

Past Events

Wed
Oct
30
2024

Monuments for Democracy

Dr. Tanja Schult, Stockholm University, presents her purpose and efficacy of monuments in the 21st century

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Wed
Oct
23
2024

What, if Anything, Did Michael Baxandall Have to Say about AI?

Alison Langmead presents on what the practice of art history can contribute to the conversation about the judiciousness of embedding computational systems ubiquitously into our daily practices

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Wed
Oct
16
2024

Artists in Conversation: Sarah Moore and Diana Khoi Nguyen

Join filmmaker Sarah Moore and poet Diana Khoi Nguyen as they discuss the making of the video installation Rewilding on view in the University Art Gallery Rotunda. 

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Wed
Oct
16
2024

Gallery talk on Keeping Traditions Alive with Amy Covell-Murthy at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History

In honor of Indigenous People's Day, this week's colloquium will take place at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History's exhibition, Keeping Traditions Alive and will be lead by Amy Covell-Murthy, Head of the Section of Anthropology. 

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Wed
Oct
09
2024

Television as Material: The GALA Committee Intervention in Melrose Place

Meghan Hipple presents her current research on "In the Name of Place", an art intervention on the set of the 1990s soap opera Melrose Place

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Thu
Oct
03
2024

Opening Reception: UAG Fall Exhibitions

Join The University Art Gallery for this special reception in honor of our Fall exhibitions. 

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Wed
Oct
02
2024

Bones of the Earth

Christopher Nygren presents his current research on stone substrates and the Florentine Studio in the 1570s

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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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