Art History News

Art History alumna Kate Green (Ph.D., 2016) appointed new Executive Director of MOCA Tucson

Alumni • Art History

image of the Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin structure with stained glass windows at dusk

“Art and John Robertson” essay by Richard Shiff as part of exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art

Faculty & Staff • Art History

image of archival document from LLILAS Latin American Benson Center concrete poetry collection

"To and From the “Real” World: Concrete Art and Poetry in Latin America" // an article from PhD candidate Julia Detchon

Students • Art History

Image of virtual art exhibition created in Unity by Katy McCarthy on behalf of students from the Department of Art and Art History Studio Art courses in Painting and Print

Undergraduate Alex Mills shares insight into latest Halls & Walls gallery exhibition from Painting and Print areas

Students • Art History • Studio Art

UT Art History professor Richard Shiff and artist Ellen Gallagher in conversation on ‘Jack Whitten. I AM THE OBJECT’

Faculty & Staff • Art History

Louis Waldman honored with College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teaching Award

Faculty & Staff • Art History

Art History Professor Eddie Chambers appointed as Editor-in-Chief of Art Journal

Faculty & Staff • Art History

front matter and cover image for Among Others: Blackness at MoMA publication reviewed by University of Texas at Austin alumni in Art History Martha Scott Burton

Alumna Martha Scott Burton reviews Among Others: Blackness at MoMA for caa.reviews

Alumni • Art History

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