Ann Helmreich (PhD 1994) named Director of the Archives of American Art at the Smithsonian
December 18, 2022 – from Artdaily
2022 News
December
September
Vitoria Faria ’23 and Zeki Hirsch ’24 appointed Art History Representatives to the WCAS Student Advisory Board
September 20, 2022
The department has chosen two student leaders to serve as Art History Representatives to the WCAS Student Advisory Board. Zeki Hirsch, a junior from New York City, is majoring in Art History. He is primarily interested in ancient Near Eastern art, especially from culturally syncretic areas like Palmyra, Hatra, and the Parthian Empire. Vitoria Faria, a senior from Brazil, majors in Art History and Economics. She enjoys studying art collecting practices across periods and regions, but is currently focusing on collections owned by women of the Italian Renaissance.
Grace Deveney (Ph.D. 2022) listed as one of Newcity's Art 50 2022: Chicago’s Visual Vanguard.
September 6, 2022 – from Newcity
April
Professor Escobar has published "Habsburg Madrid: Architecture and the Spanish Monarchy," a major new study of early modern architecture and urbanism, with Penn State University Press.
April 28, 2022 – from Penn State University Press
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie (Ph.D. 2000) has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2022.
April 22, 2022 – from The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Aisha Motlani (PhD 2019) has been awarded an ACLS Emerging Voices Fellowship for 2022-23.
April 7, 2022 – from American Council of Learned Societies
Professor Emerita Holly Clayson has accepted the R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellowship at The Huntington San Marino, CA for the academic year, 2022-23.
April 5, 2022 – from The Huntington
March
Professor Rebecca Zorach recently spoke on WBEZ about the return of the Columbus statue to Grant Park.
March 30, 2022 – from WBEZ
January
Professor Emerita Holly Clayson draws big crowds to her public mini-course on Impressionism at the Evanston Public Library.
January 9, 2022 – from Evanston RoundTable