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Hyperallergic Publishes Essay by Sylvia Rhor Samaniego

University Art Gallery Director Sylvia Rhor Samaniego has published an essay titled “Museums Have a Responsibility to Their Neighbors” on the contemporary art blog Hyperallergic.

Sustaining DH and Civic Switchboard Book Launch Event

Please join us for a book launch event to celebrate the release of two recent publications!

Christopher Nygren Video from Saint Louis Art Museum Symposium

Christopher Nygren presented his paper “Between Stone and Blood: Painting on Obsidian in the Trans-Atlantic World,” at a virtual symposium hosted by the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Professor Emerita Ann Harris honored at CAA’s 50th Anniversary of Feminism + Art

Ann Sutherland Harris gave the opening speech at the CAA’s 50th Anniversary of Feminism + Art at Boston University on September 23, 2022.

Alex Taylor Speaks at Allegheny Landing Public Art Event

Alex Taylor will contribute to a public tour and discussion about the art and design of Allegheny Landing, the sculpture park on Pittsburgh's North Shore.

Terry Smith Delivers Keynote Address at Global Appalachia Symposium

Terry Smith delivered a keynote address titled "Curating the Contradictions" at the Global Appalachia Symposium, 2022 IKT Congress.

Destroyed-Disappeared-Lost-Never Were Book Launch with Michelle McCoy

Michelle McCoy participates in a book launch for "Destroyed-Disappeared-Lost-Never Were" on August 31, 2022, 3–4pm.

Wall Street Journal Reviews Alex Taylor's New Book

Alex Taylor's book Forms of Persuasion: Art and Corporate Image in the 1960s (University of California Press, 2022) has been reviewed by the Wall Street Journal

Barbara McCloskey publishes essay on the Art of Anti-Facism

Barbara McCloskey's essay, "White Supremacy and the Art of Anti-Facism in the United States and Germany between the World Wars," appeared in the most recent edition of Kunst und Politik.