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Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom

Angela Davis: A World of Greater Freedom ICM FILM SCREENING AND CONVERSATION

ARTMargins Workshop at Cornell 9/27-28

ARTMargins Workshop at Cornell

Drawing Concepts: Thinking via Practices & Archives of Modern Art in the Global South

September 27-28, 2024

Painting of a mountain in blues, golds and greens

How art helped to shape modern France

Art historian Kelly Presutti examines the role that depictions of landscape – in paintings, photographs, prints, porcelain and maps – played in the formation of modern France in a new book.

New Faculty: Nancy P. Lin

Nancy P. Lin, History of Art and Visual Studies

Pulse of Art History with Maggie Cao 9/24/2024

Visual Culture Colloquium with Noelle Mason 9/10/2024

From portfolios to pizza, fall A&S career events explore diverse fields

"Cornell alumni are generous with their time and efforts to assist students, to answer questions from students, or connect them to people and places."

Three members of History of Art Department Presented at Congress of the Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art (CIHA)

Derek Murray Headshot

Derek Murray, PhD ’05, appointed editor of Art Journal

Johnson Museum staff prepare to hang a painting for “Colonial Crossings: Art, Identity, and Belief in the Spanish Americas,” the first exhibition of colonial Latin American art at Cornell. Noël Heaney/Cornell University

Ananda Cohen-Aponte Co-Curated Exhibition Featured in New York Times

Ananda Cohen-Aponte, Associate Professor of History of Art, Co-Curated Exhibition Is Featured in New York Times

Mohawk community newspaper founder to give Kops Lecture

Kenneth Atsenhaienton Deer, founder and former editor of The Eastern Door newspaper, will be the featured speaker at the 2024 Daniel W. Kops Freedom of the Press Lecture, Sept. 10.

Verity Platt appointed director of Humanities Scholars Program

The Humanities Scholars Program welcomes Verity Platt, professor of classics and history of art in the College of Arts & Sciences, as the program’s incoming director

Dean Peter Loewen posing behind the A.D. White statue on the Arts Quad

New A&S dean relishes ‘life in a university’

Peter John Loewen says he's excited to support faculty in their research, meet students and showcase the value of a liberal arts education.

Jolene Rickard to give talk at Chautauqua Institution Program

Four people cluster around a painting, laid out on a table

Exhibition highlights once-overlooked colonial Latin American art

The exhibit brings a nuanced view to a complicated period in Latin American art, and it is doing so with the help of student curators.

Cornell crafts multifaceted game studies program

The field of game studies is growing at Cornell, including an expanded set of classes, workshops and symposia and a growing library collection of games.

Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD Graduates!

Congratulations History of Art Class of 2024!

"I will miss the intellectual stimulation and the possibility of virtually diving into any academic topic I am interested in."

Hui Yuan is a History of Art & Comparative Literature major.

"I appreciate the wide range of classes I was able to take in the History of Art Department and have loved the freedom I had when deciding topics for my papers."

Caroline Scherr is a History of Art major.

Ananda Cohen-Aponte awarded a Getty Fellowship for 2024-2025

Ananda Cohen-Aponte was named a Getty Scholar for the 2024-2025 annual theme of Extinction to support the completion of her book, Insurgent Imaginaries: The Art of Rebellion in the Late Colonial Andes.

Book Talk and Guest Lecture with Rahaab Allana 4/23/24

Book Talk with Rahaab Allana 4/23/24

Visual Culture Colloquium with Chanon Kenji Praepipatmongkol 11/16/23

Peter Loewen named dean of Arts and Sciences

Coming from the University of Toronto, where he is the director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, Loewen begins his five-year appointment as the Harold Tanner Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Aug. 1.

Nancy P. Lin to Join History of Art Faculty in Fall 2024

Nancy P. Lin, Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow, is set to join the History of Art Faculty Roster beginning Fall 2024

Jolene Rickard and Colleagues Awarded 2024 New Frontier Grant by College of Arts and Sciences

'One of my first art history courses helped me discover my passion for Indigenous studies'

Noah Rice is a history of art major.

'I've developed great connections with faculty and have been inspired by their insights'

Lindy Liu is a History of Art & German studies major.

Danielle Vander Horst, Undergraduate/Graduate Coordinator, Published in New Book "Of Things and Stories"

Danielle Vander Horst (MA '19), Undergraduate/Graduate Coordinator, Published in New Book "Of Things and Stories: Current Approaches to Object Biography, Medium, and Materiality."

College clock tower rises up beyond a small hill under a lovely blue summery sky

Projects funded by 2024 New Frontier Grants look toward the future

The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has awarded five New Frontier Grants to cutting edge projects in science, social science and the humanities led by A&S faculty.

Pencil drawing: a woman wearing a blue head scarf against a bright red background

Defying the Odds: Elja Sharifi’s Voice for the Powerless

Afghan visual artist Elja Sharifi, currently a visiting scholar at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, sees her escape from the Taliban as a call to action. She will enter Cornell’s PhD program in art history next fall.

Johnson Museum exhibit considers migration and its effects and Showcases Work of FGSS Student Group

At Cornell’s Johnson Museum of Art, the work of renowned artist Guadalupe Maravilla is on display in the same space as that of Ingrid Hernandez-Franco, a Salvadoran woman whose asylum case was championed by a Cornell professor and her students.

Pulse of Art History with Kimberli Gant 4/22/2024

History of Art Students at the Honors Symposium

History of Art Senior Honors Thesis Symposium

On March 22nd, all five of History of Art's graduating seniors presented Honors Theses on diverse and impressive topics.

The Findley Lecture with Devika Singh 4/15/2024

Summer Experience Grant applications now open

The grants provide funding for students in unpaid or low-paying summer experiences to offset the cost of taking on those positions.

Visual Culture Colloquium with Christina Maranci 4/9/2024

Book cover featuring an image of elderly people gathered in front of a building tagged by graffiti

‘Art and Architecture of Migration and Discrimination’ released

Following their co-taught Mellon seminar, Cornell faculty Akcan and Dadi announce the release of their edited volume of essays on the art and architecture of partitions, migrations, arrivals, experiences, and global conditions from the 20th century to the present.

Elderly people sit in a courtyard near a building with grafiti

‘Art and Architecture of Migration and Discrimination’ released

Following their co-taught Mellon seminar, Cornell faculty Akcan and Dadi announce the release of their edited volume of essays on the art and architecture of partitions, migrations, arrivals, experiences, and global conditions from the 20th century to the present.