Department Homepage
The College of Arts & Sciences
On Jan. 28, the Center for Teaching Innovation and Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art will co-host “Teaching About Climate Change: Art, Action and Reflection,” a faculty panel, teaching workshop and exhibit tour exploring how instructors can engage the humanities, climate change and community in their teaching.
Geronimo Cristobal, PhD Candidate, Publishes in journal Art History
New Winter 2026 Course: ARTH 2550 An Introduction to Latin American Art
Pop Art and South Asia Conference December 15-16, 2025 Jaffna Thiruvalluvar Cultural Center Jaffna, Sri Lanka This conference focuses on South Asian art’s engagement with popular culture from the mid-twentieth century through the present. The rapid development of capitalism, urbanism, media, technology, and mass politics since the late nineteenth century has engendered multiple resonances in the complex societies of South Asia, providing openings for artists to engage with popular social and cultural developments. Here, Pop art is not confined to what is commonly understood in a Western context as engaging primarily with late capitalist consumer culture and media imagery. Rather, Pop artistic practices unfold in the context of uneven development, multiple temporalities, layered aesthetic regimes, within societies that are in rapid and turbulent transition.
The Findley Lecture with Emily Floyd 12/3/2025
Sara Garzon PhD ’22 is associate curator for the second Bienal das Amazônias 2025
A collaboration between Cornell and Harvard has continuously excavated the ancient city.
A new book by Shirley Samuels examines the story behind today’s divided America in literature and art created during and soon after the Civil War.
Pulse of Art History with Luke Fidler 11/11/2025
La Pérouse’s expedition, wrecked in 1788, was intended to rival those of British explorer Captain James Cook and to bring the French renown in scientific knowledge. Through the visual materials related to the voyage and its wreck, Kelly Presutti tells a larger story about the enterprise of empire.
Professor Presutti's ARTH 2600 Takes Field Trip to Buffalo Museums
Professor Shirley Samuels publishes new book, Haunted by the Civil War
Harmonia Rosales’s artist lecture to be followed by a conversation with History of Art faculty Verity Platt and Ana Howie
Atreyee Gupta book talk on her two recently published titles
On Beverly Buchanan: Patricia Ekpo & Ima-Abasi Okon in conversation
Prof. Iftikhar Dadi presents on “Abstraction and Modernism” at the Clark Art Institute
Philip N. Sapirstein, PhD '08, Appointed Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto
The outdoor exhibit celebrates the centenary of Deskaheh Levi General’s 1923 intervention on behalf of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy at the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
Jolene Rickard Curates "Deskaheh in Geneva 1923-2023: Defending Haudenosaunee Sovereignty"
Visual Culture Colloquium with Michael Chagnon 9/30/2025
Hannah Ryan, PhD '19, Publishes New Book
Patricia Ekpo, History of Art and Visual Studies
Ten students who participated in this summer's Nexus Scholars Program share their stories..
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in History of Art and Visual Studies 2026-28
Andrew Moisey Published in Journal of Aesthetics & Culture
The Department of History of Art is pleased to welcome Patricia Ekpo (Ph.D. Yale University) as Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Art.
Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Alice Clinch!
Congratulations to Cornell History of Art PhD graduate Kaitlin Emmanuel!
Congratulations History of Art Class of 2025!
Among those being recognized for exceptional teaching and mentorship this year are faculty members Begüm Adalet, Claudia Verhoeven, and Marcelo Aguiar.
Ashley Koca is a Robert S. Harrison College Scholar and also majors in Near Eastern studies and history of art.
Ayesha Matthan presents at the Annual Frick Symposium on the History of Art
Visual Culture Colloquium with Miguel Valerio 4/24/25
Benjamin Anderson Gives Talk at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens
Visual Culture Colloquium with Dana Leibsohn 4/22/25
Pulse of Art History with Zirwat Chowdhury 4/15/2025
History of Art 2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium
Pulse of Art History with David Getsy 4/8/2025
Alumna Elizabeth Giorgis, PhD ’10, passed away in Sharjah, UAE, on March 16, 2025.
Hui Yuan, BA '24, Accepted into Harvard Law
Priscila Dantas de Moraes Accepted at American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Danielle Vander Horst, M.A., '19 will continue her study of Romano-British face pots, pursuing a Ph.D. through Cornell's Employee Degree Program.
Join Us for the History of Art Senior Honors Thesis Symposium 3/21/2025
Visual Culture Colloquium with Ricardo Padrón 3/11/25
This month’s featured titles include books by A&S faculty and alumni: poetry, a kids’ book about Bali, and a short story collection.
Asli Menevse PhD ’21 is Assistant Professor, Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.
Sarah Humphreville, BA and BFA ’09, is Lunder Curator of American Art at the Colby College Museum of Art.
Kaja Tally-Schumacher PhD ’20 joins Harvard Graduate School of Design as an Assistant Professor of Environmental History.
The Findley Lecture with Kathleen Ash-Milby 3/4/2025
Holiday Powers PhD ’15 publishes book on modern art in Morocco