Art History News

Image of Dread Scott’s performance Slave Rebellion Reenactment, Nov. 8-9, 2019, in New Orleans which University of Texas at Austin alumnus Noah Simblist discusses in Art in America

"Dread Scott's Struggle to Reclaim Collective Memory" // article from alumnus Noah Simblist (Ph.D. in Art History, 2015) in Art in America

Alumni • Art History

A Civil War monument statue is strapped to the back of a flatbed after it was toppled from its pedestal in front of the State Capitol to illustrate an opinion piece by University of Texas at Austin Art History Professor Eddie Chambers piece

"In the absence of statues we see the falsehoods we were sold" // op-ed from Dr. Eddie Chambers

Faculty & Staff • Art History

University of Texas at Austin Art History Professor and Mesoamerica Center Director David Stuart weighs in on funding cuts to heritage sites such as the one in this image Mayan site Chichen Itza

"Funding cuts threaten ancient sites, warn Mexican archaeologists" // The Guardian article featuring Dr. David Stuart

Faculty & Staff • Art History

Screenshot of Travis Scott Concert broadcast on Fortnite screenshot by UT Austin Art History Professor and Art Galleries at Black Studies Director Cherise Smith

"About the Black Skin We Live In" // Hyperallergic article from Dr. Cherise Smith

Faculty & Staff • Art History

Kimathi Donkor painting titled Coldharbour Lane from 1985 (2005) depicting three black male figures in acts of resistance

"How Have Artists Shaped Previous Protest Movements? 7 Historians on How the Past Can Help Us Understand the Present" // artnet article featuring Dr. Eddie Chambers

Faculty & Staff • Art History

In an article from Austin's contemporary arts magazine Dr Cherise Smith art history professor at University of Texas at Austin speaks out on response to Black Lives Matter movement at UT and beyond

"As Austin museums react to the Black Lives Matter movement, bigger issues emerge" // Sightlines article featuring Dr. Cherise Smith

Faculty & Staff • Art History

Art History Professor Eddie Chambers writes about statues Colston Black Live Matter movement in The Progressive and image shows screenshot of protester

"Statues, Statues, They All Fall Down" // Eddie Chambers article in The Progressive

Faculty & Staff • Art History

Art History Professor Julia Guernsey Inducted into UT Austin Academy of Distinguished Teachers

Faculty & Staff • Art History

Zoom potato filter on art history professor Louis Waldman

A Different Kind of Community: How one Art History Professor transformed distance learning into a student-centered educational experience

Faculty & Staff • Students • Art History

University of Texas at Austin Department of Art and Art History as well as Mesoamerica Center Director Astrid Runggaldier collaborated on course design for digital humanities project on museum collection management and stewardship online during COVID

Students Use Digital Tools to Examine “Hidden” Collection of Pre-Columbian Objects

Students • Art History