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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

headshot portraits in black and white of artist ellen Gallagher to the left and art historian richard shiff to the right

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

Louis Waldman headshot

Louis Waldman honored with College of Fine Arts Distinguished Teaching Award

Eddie Chambers headshot

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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