Faculty
The Pitt News Highlights Museum Studies Major
A feature article in The Pitt News by culture editor Katelyn Kruszewski interviews students and professors about the Museum Studies program and the possibilities it offers.
Vishal Khandelwal Publishes Article in The Journal of Modern Craft
Vishal Khandelwal publishes an article titled Nelly Sethna and the Reception of Textiles between the United States and India in the November 2021 issue of The Journal of Modern Craft.
College Art Association Awards Terry Smith Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award
CAA announces the 2022 recipients of Awards for Distinction. Terry Smith is awarded the Distinguished Teaching of Art History Award.
College Art Association Features Terry Smith in Member Spotlight
The College Art Association features Terry Smith in its January 17th’s "Member Spotlight" column.
Barbara McCloskey Participates in Holocaust Educational Foundation Seminars
In December, Barbara McCloskey was an invited fellow of the Holocaust Education Foundation and will be serving as a seminar leader this summer.
UAG Director participates in #NotWhiteCollective's In Dialogue Series
UAG Director Sylvia Rhor will be a guest in the In-Dialogue series presented by the #notwhitecollective in partnership with City of Asylum on January 10th at 6pm.
Jennifer Josten Moderates Conversation at The Warhol
Jennifer Josten will moderate a conversation titled Art in Context: Expanding Art History at the Warhol on January 28, 2022.
HAA seeks its next Mellon Chair, a modern or contemporary historian of African, African American, or African Diasporic Art
The Department of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh seeks to appoint a historian to the Andrew W. Mellon Chair.
Prof. Nygren lecture at the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome - December 6th
Spanish colonization introduced a host of artistic materials into European workshops. This research seminar examines the artistic, ecological, and spiritual stakes that motivated several European painters to use obsidian from the Americas as the substrate for their devotional paintings.
Gao Minglu Interviewed on New Book
Research Professor Emeritus Gao Minglu was interviewed by Phoenix Arts on his new book entitled History of Chinese Contemporary Art, published by Shanghai University Press in March 2021.