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Flatto Presents at the Congreso Internacional de Teoría e Historia de las Artes XX

PhD candidate Diana Flatto presents her paper "El antifascismo y feminismo rioplatense en la obra de Demetrio Urruchúa, Amalia Polleri y Carmen Garayalde: construyendo redes sub-regionales" at the Centro Argentino de Investigadores de Arte, CAIA's annual conference in Rosario, Argentina, October 4-7, 2023.

Diana Flatto Publishes in H-ART

Drawing from her dissertation research, PhD candidate Diana Flatto publishes "Images of Gender in the AIAPE’s Magazines:Rioplatense Antifascism through Female Figures" in the Universidad de los Andes peer-reviewed journal H-ART. Revista De Historia, teoría Y crítica De Arte.

David Wilkins to Present at the National Gallery of Art

History of Art and Architecture Professor Emeritus David Wilkins will be giving a a paper on the topic of "Looking at Isabella Anew" on October 20, 2023, at the National Gallery/Julliard School conference on "Women in Art and Music in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries".

Serrato Doyen Publishes in Newest Volume of Intervenxions

Graduate student Kale Serrato Doyen has contributed to Intervenxions Volume 2, to be launched in print October 5, 2023. Intervenxions is a publication of the Latinx Project at NYU committed to exploring contemporary Latinx art, politics, and culture.

Larson Publishes in Arts

Ellen Larson (PhD 2022) published a new article, “‘Blast Off!’: The Afterlives of Nostalgia in Su Yu Hsin’s Blast Furnace No. 2”, in the journal Arts.

Taylor Interviewed for Hagley Museum’s Podcast Episode

Alex Taylor’s recent book Forms of Persuasion: Art and Corporate Image in the 1960s has been featured in the Hagley Museum’s long-running History Hangouts podcast series exploring topics in the history of American capitalism and business. The podcast is available on Apple and Spotify.

Pitt Students Present Public Sculpture Tour at Hartwood Acres

Three Museum Studies students presented a two-hour walking tour of the Carol R. Brown Sculpture Garden at Hartwood Acres Park on Saturday, August 12, 2023.

Alison Langmead Receives Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring

Dr. Alison Langmead is the recipient of the 2023 Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring. This award recognizes the considerable efforts and effective mentorship of members of graduate faculty across all divisions of the Dietrich School. Her achievement will be honored at an awards ceremony on September 14, 2023. Learn more about the graduate mentoring awards on the DSAS website

Krystle Stricklin Appointed Assistant Curator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Krystle Stricklin (PhD 2022) has been appointed Assistant Curator of Photography at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Prior to this position, Stricklin was the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Curatorial Fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Fava-Piz Appointed Assistant Curator at Denver Art Museum

Clarisse Fava-Piz (PhD 2021) was recently announced as the Assistant Curator of European and American Art before 1900 at the Denver Art Museum.

Castro Co-Curates “Sitting on Chrome” at SFMOMA

Maria Castro (PhD 2020) recently co-curated Sitting on Chrome, a new three-person exhibition at SFMOMA.

Kirk Savage and Beyond Granite: Pulling Together Exhibition Featured in Pittwire

Kirk Savage, HAA professor, was featured recently in Pittwire for his work on Monument Lab, a nonprofit that "facilitates critical conversations around the past, present, and future of monuments".

Statement by Sylvia Rhor, Director of the University Art Gallery

When the University Art Gallery (UAG) was founded decades ago, it followed the colonial model of so many other museums and galleries, a model premised on Eurocentrism — a polite term for white supremacy. While the UAG has deliberately moved away from this model, and we have sought to contest its legacy in our programs and exhibitions, we have not done enough. We must do better, we must do more, and we must do this now.