On April 17 at 6:30 PM, Amanda Wunder, Associate Professor of 16th- and 17th-Century Spanish Art; Early Modern European Textiles and Fashion at The Graduate Center, CUNY and Lehman College, will be in conversation with Frick Collection Senior Curator Susan Galassi about Baroque Seville and Zurbarán at New York University’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. Continue reading “Save the Date: Amanda Wunder Speaking about Baroque Seville and Francisco de Zurbarán on April 17”
Student News: Rebecca Pollack organizes the conference “Jewish Memory and Culture: 1945-Present,” convening April 12 at the Graduate Center
On April 12, doctoral candidate Rebecca Pollack is organizing the conference, Jewish Memory and Culture: 1945-Present, co-sponsored by The Center for Jewish Studies at the Graduate Center, CUNY, the Doctoral Students’ Council, CUNY, and the Ph.D. Program in Art History, The Graduate Center, CUNY.
Alumni News: Stephanie Wiles Named Director of The Yale University Art Gallery
GC Art History alumna Stephanie Wiles, class of 2001, is an expert in old master drawings and has served in museum leadership roles at several universities. Her dissertation surveyed the careers of British-born artists Thomas Charles Farrer, a Ruskin admirer and leader of the American Pre-Raphaelites, and his brother Henry Farrer. Continue reading “Alumni News: Stephanie Wiles Named Director of The Yale University Art Gallery”
Faculty News: Cynthia Hahn Authors Catalog on “Meaningful Jewels” in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period
Dr. Cynthia Hahn, Professor of Medieval Art at The Graduate Center, CUNY and Hunter College, wrote and organized the catalog for the exhibition “The thing of mine I have loved the best: Meaningful Jewels,” on view at Les Enluminures, New York, from April 5 through April 20. Graduate Center PhD student Kristen Racaniello also assisted with the show. Continue reading “Faculty News: Cynthia Hahn Authors Catalog on “Meaningful Jewels” in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period”
Student Fellowships
Congratulations to the following students who were awarded fellowships this month: Continue reading “Student Fellowships”
Rewald Seminar: John J. Curley
On Tuesday evening, March 20, Dr. John Curley, Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at Wake Forest University will give the lecture,
“Reframing High Modernist Painting: The Case of Morris Louis.” Continue reading “Rewald Seminar: John J. Curley”
Faculty News: Dr. Marta Gutman Awarded a Fall 2018 Advanced Research Collaborative Fellowship at the Graduate Center
Congratulations to Professor Gutman! The fellowship will support work on her forthcoming book, Just Space: Architecture, Education, and Inequality in Urban America, to be published by the University of Texas Press. Continue reading “Faculty News: Dr. Marta Gutman Awarded a Fall 2018 Advanced Research Collaborative Fellowship at the Graduate Center”
Fellowships Due March 16
The CUNY Graduate Center art history program is currently offering several exciting fellowship opportunities for students at various levels of their graduate work! All are due Friday, March 16. See below for details. Continue reading “Fellowships Due March 16”
The CUNY Graduate Center at CAA 2018
From Wednesday, February 21 through Saturday, February 24, CAA will convene in Los Angeles for its 106th Annual Conference. We are proud of the numerous students, faculty, and alumni of the art history program at the CUNY Graduate Center who are coming to CAA this year as presenters, chairs, discussants, and organizers of affiliated programs! See below for a list of participants:
Continue reading “The CUNY Graduate Center at CAA 2018”
Shannon Vittoria Organizes “Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings” at The Met
Shannon Vittoria, a research associate at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and GC Art History alumna, has helped curate Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings, on view through May 13! Continue reading “Shannon Vittoria Organizes “Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings” at The Met”