History of Art and Architecture

Past Events

Wed
Nov
09
2022

Constellations Track: Global South Solidarity on Paper, 1920-1970

Diana Flatto will present selected material from her exhibition currently on view in Hillman Library’s Archives and Special Collections Gallery, Revolutionary Print Media of Latin America: Global South Solidarity, 1920-1970.

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Wed
Nov
02
2022

Dance as Destiny: A Feminist Reconsideration of the Indian Danseuse in her Many Forms

This presentation, a rehearsal for a talk at the Cincinnati Art Museum as part of their exhibition Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art, offers a critical rethinking of female dancers in Indian art as more than passive receptacles of heterosexual male desire or predictable ciphers of femininity. 

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Wed
Oct
26
2022

Eclipse Spirits in Dunhuang Visual Culture

The medieval circulation of Central and South Asian astrology to China resulted not only in new mantic techniques and doctrines but also in new practices of visual representation. This talk addresses the case of the eclipse, among the most ominous astral phenomena in premodern China.

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Wed
Oct
19
2022

Constellations Track: Making Matters #1

For the first in a series of three colloquia in Fall 2022 designed to spark new conversations in the department’s Constellations program, Christopher Nygren will present selected material from his forthcoming essay “From the Quarry to the Studio”. 

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Tue
Oct
18
2022

Thinking Indigenous Curating: Inuit Knowledge and Contemporary Exhibition Practice

The Inaugural Terry Smith Lecture in Contemporary Art. Speaker: Heather Igloliorte

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Wed
Oct
12
2022

Greer Lankton: Science Fictions Curator Tour

Join us at the University Art Gallery on Wednesday, October 12, at noon for a tour of “Greer Lankton: Science Fictions” with curator Isaiah Bertagnolli.

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Thu
Oct
06
2022

C4C at UAG: Bodies/Magic

Taking inspiration from artist Greer Lankton’s work, the Center for Creativity will lead a pop-up dollmaking workshop in the UAG.

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Wed
Sep
28
2022

Celebrating the Memory of Frank Toker

  

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Thu
Sep
22
2022

Turning Points 4: Beyond Land Acknowledgments

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Wed
Sep
21
2022

Reading in Community: Toward a Global Methodology in Art History

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