Ph.D. candidate Chaeri Lee is accepted to two curatorial internship programs
She will be interning at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art and the National Museum of Asian Art.
Professor Margaret Graves publishes new co-edited volume
Professor Margaret Graves and Alex Dika Seggerman (Rutgers University) have published Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean with Indiana University Press.
Professor Sarah Bassett publishes new edited volume
Professor Sarah Bassett has published The Cambridge Companion to Constantinople with Cambridge University Press.
Professor Cordula Grewe publishes new book
Professor Cordula Grewe has published The Arabesque from Kant to Comics with Routledge.
Ph.D. candidate MaryClaire Pappas is awarded the Aurora Borealis Prize in History
The prize is awarded by the Society for the Advancement of Scandinavian Study.
Dr. Melody Barnett Deusner and Dr. Jeffrey Saletnik will moderate a panel discussion on March 24th
The Modernist Murals Symposium is being organized by the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at IU Bloomington.
Ph.D. candidate Erin Dusza hosts fellow Fulbright researchers on a trip to see paintings by Alfons Mucha
Erin Dusza is currently conducting dissertation research in the Czech Republic and is supported by a Fulbright fellowship.
"Listening to Aponte: Toward an Opera" Panel Discussion on February 25th
The event will be held at FAR Center for Contemporary Arts.
Art project co-created by Dr. Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz receives major grant support
Aponte: An Opera has been awarded a 2022 Creative Capital Award.
Professor Melody Barnett Deusner will discuss her book at Meet the Author event February 16th
Dr. Melody Barnett Deusner will speak on Wednesday, February 16th at the Cook Center.
“Weaving Identities: African Diasporic Art of the Americas" opens January 28th at McCalla School
The student-curated exhibition will feature tapestries from artists Carlos Luna, Faisal Abdu’Allah, and José Bedia.
Book by Dr. Melody Barnett Deusner selected as finalist for award
Dr. Melody Barnett Deusner's book, Aesthetic Painting in Britain and America: Collectors, Art Worlds, Networks, was selected as an award finalist by the Historians of British Art.
Distinguished Alumni Lecture to be delivered by Jordan Pickett: “Climate Change and Cities in the Eastern Mediterranean: From Rome to Byzantium”
Friday, October 22, 2021 / 1:30-3:00 pm / IMU Walnut Room
Artwork by Annabelle Schafer (Art History and Painting BFA '18) featured on Bloomington billboard
Annabelle Schafer is one of four recent and current IU student artists invited to participate in an outdoor exhibition presented by the Grunwald Gallery of Art.
Ph.D. candidate Hoda Nedaeifar has been selected to join the Center for Curatorial Leadership's 2021 Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice
Hoda Nedaeifar will participate in the annual seminar with other doctoral students from across the country.
Professor Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz to present lecture at Penn Museum October 3rd
Professor Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz will present an illustrated lecture, titled "Irresistible Logic: Rupestrian Art and Graphic Writing in the Kongo World."
2021 Advisor of the Year
Krystie Herndon, the College of Arts and Sciences’ 2021 Advisor of the Year, brings her best to the “art and science” of academic advising.
Alumnus Sunghoon Lee receives fellowship from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation for dissertation research
Sunghoon (Hoon) Lee (M.A. ’17) has been awarded a Samuel H. Kress Foundation fellowship to spend the next two years in Rome completing his Ph.D. dissertation.
Alumna Dr. Elizabeth Perrill (Ph.D. '08) receives grant from the Millard Meiss Publication Fund for upcoming book
"Burnished: Zulu Ceramics Between Rural and Urban South Africa"
(Indiana University Press, Spring 2022).
University of Oslo’s Art History and Visual Studies Lecture Series
Made up of three individual lectures, this series invites us to consider how citizenship, identity, and personhood are framed in the visual and material culture of the Nordic region.
Professor Margaret Graves is awarded the Medieval Academy of America 2021 Karen Gould Prize
The Medieval Academy of America awarded the 2021 Karen Gould Prize in Art History to Professor Graves’ 2018 book.
Professor Margaret Graves receives Millard Meiss Publication Fund Award
Professor Margaret Graves’ new co-edited volume, Making Modernity in the Islamic Mediterranean, was a Fall 2020 recipient of the Millard Meiss Publication Fund Award.
Professor Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz receives fellowship
Professor Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz receives Mark Claster Mamolen Fellowship from Harvard for 2020-2021 Academic Year
Kimi Matsumura receives Assistant Professor position
Kimi Matsumura receives Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
Haohao Lu received an Adjunct Assistant Professor position at Vassar College
She will be teaching Northern Renaissance and Baroque Art for the 2020-21 academic year.
Professor Margaret Graves' book "Arts of Allusion" wins International Center of Medieval Art 2019 Book Prize
Professor Margaret Graves' most recently published book, Arts of Allusion: Object, Ornament, and Architecture in Medieval Islam (Oxford University Press, 2018) was the winner of the International Center of Medieval Art 2019 Book Prize.
Alumna Hilary Fleck receives May Wright Sewall Fellowship
Hilary Fleck (M.A. ‘15), Collections Manager at the Monroe County History Center, was named one of four in Indiana to receive the May Wright Sewall Fellowship from the Indiana Humanities.
Memorial Service for Professor Kleinbauer
The Department is saddened to announce that Professor Emeritus Gene Kleinbauer passed away June 3, 2019, at the age of 82.
Alumna Kate Clarke Lemay curates Smithsonian Exhibit
Kate Clarke Lemay (Ph.D. '11), Director of Portal, Portrait Gallery's Scholarly Center, National Portrait Gallery, has curated "Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence" as part of the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, "Because of Her Story."
Professor Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz's research has been highlighted by the College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Barbaro Martinez-Ruiz's research has been highlighted by the College of Arts and Sciences. Read this fascinating article by Julie Gray to learn more about Professor Martinez-Ruiz's study of the art of the ancient Kongo.
Professor Bret Rothstein Publishes New Book
Professor Bret Rothstein has published The Shape of Difficulty: A Fan Letter to Unruly Objects with Penn State University Press.
Doctoral Student, MaryClaire Pappas, Awarded a Fulbright Grant
The Department of Art History is delighted to announce that doctoral student, MaryClaire Pappas, has been awarded a Fulbright grant to study in Sweden for the 2019-2020 academic year.
Professor Adelheid Gealt has been spearheading database project, "A Space of Their Own"
The Department is excited to share this glimpse of "A Space of Their Own," a database project Professor Adelheid Gealt's has been spearheading in Hyperallergic and via Artnet.
Professor Julie Van Voorhis was featured in The New Yorker's article, "The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture"
Professor Julie Van Voorhis was featured in The New Yorker's article, "The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture." Read this fascinating article to learn more about her research on polychromy in the collections of the Eskenzai Museum of Art here at IU.
Art History alumna, Stephanie Walters Kim appears on IU College of Arts and Sciences 20 under 40
The department is excited to announce that Art History alumna, Stephanie Walters Kim (B.A. '08), has been selected as one of IU College of Arts and Sciences 20 under 40!
Professor Cordula Grewe has been awarded a Getty Travel Grant and other honors for her projects
Professor Cordula Grewe has been awarded a Getty Travel Grant and 2018 International Fine Print Dealers Association Book Award for her projects.
Professor Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz has been invited to give the 2018 Journal of Southern African Studies Annual Lecture, "Ma Kisi Nsi: A Quest for Kongo Art"
Professor Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz has been invited to give the 2018 Journal of Southern African Studies Annual Lecture, "Ma Kisi Nsi: A Quest for Kongo Art," on October 5th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. in the Brunei Gallery SOAS, University of London, UK.
Professor Diane Reilly published The Cistercian Reform and the Art of the Book in Twelfth-Century France
Professor Diane Reilly published The Cistercian Reform and the Art of the Book in Twelfth-Century France with Amsterdam University Press.
Dr. Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz accepts our offer to join IU
The Department is excited to announce that Dr. Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz has accepted our offer to join IU as the inaugural holder of the Tanner-Opperman Chair of African Art History in Honor of Roy Sieber.
Professor Adelheid Gealt has received a grant from Jane Fortune
Professor Adelheid Gealt has received a grant from Jane Fortune to create a virtual museum dedicated to women artists. Professor Gealt's work is part of Ms. Fortune's wider organization Advancing Women Artists.
Professor Michelle Facos resumes Chair of the board of Arts
Professor Michelle Facos, founding Editor-in-Chief, has resumed her role as Chair of the board of Arts, an open access international peer-reviewed journal published by MDPI.
Meryem Ozel has been selected to receive the Palmer-Brandon Scholarship in the Humanities
The Department of Art History is delighted to announce that major Meryem Ozel has been selected to receive the Palmer-Brandon Scholarship in the Humanities from the College of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Jeffrey Saletnik’s co-edited special issue of the journal Art in Translation on “Translation and Architecture” is now available
Essays in the special issue address the transmission systems—or media—though which architecture and design move from idea, to plan, to built form; and also, address those media that facilitate historical experience of built form, including written texts, drawings, photographs, and artworks.
Mediaevalia at the Lilly: Liturgical Manuscripts in Person
Professor Diane Reilly organized a one-day conference, "Mediaevalia at the Lilly: Liturgical Manuscripts in Person," at Indiana University on February 16, 2018.
Professor Margaret Graves attended the First International Conference on Makli
Professor Margaret Graves attended the First International Conference on Makli, a breathtaking necropolis spread over ten square kilometers near the town of Thatta, in the Pakistani province of Sindh.
Professor Cordula Grewe's art catalog recognized overseas
Professor Cordula Grewe's co-edited catalogue, The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, 1770-1850 has been listed among the "Art Books of the Year" in the Sunday Times of London. The Indiana Daily Student featured Professor Grewe's accomplishment you can read more in their article.
IU mourns passing of Bruce Cole, distinguished professor emeritus and former IU trustee
The department was saddened to learn this morning of the passing of Dr. Bruce Cole, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and former IU trustee. He was a tireless advocate for art history and the humanities at large, and our department would not be as strong as it is today without his efforts and dedication to our work. He will be sorely missed.
Anonymous donor gifts $1.5 million for endowed African art studies chair
The College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington has announced a $1.5 million gift from an anonymous donor to establish the Tanner-Opperman Chair in Honor of Roy Sieber, within the department of Art History.
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