Block Exhibition Opens
The exhibition Drawing the Future: Chicago Architecture on the International Stage, 1900-1925, curated by Professor David Van Zanten, has opened at the Block Museum of Art. The exhibition catalogue features an essay by graduate student Ashley Dunn.
Sheila Crane Wins Book Award
Sheila Crane (PhD, 2001) has been awarded the prestigious Spiro Kostof Book Award by the Society of Architectural Historians. Her book Mediterranean Crossroads: Marseille and Modern Architecture was published by University of Minnesota Press in 2011.
Undergraduate Art Historians Receive Awards
Two undergraduate art history majors received research grants during the latest award cycle. Luke Fidler received two Conference Travel Grants, and Sophie Jenkins (left) was awarded an Undergraduate Research Grant for her project "'Quoting from Portraiture': Placing Deanna Lawson's Contemporary Photography in an Art Historical Context."
Thursday, May 23, 2013 • 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Elizabeth and Todd Warnock Seminar: Tim Griffin (The Kitchen)
Douglas Druick, President and Eloise W. Martin Director of the Art Institute of Chicago and affiliate faculty member, introduces Professor James Amelang at the Renaissance in Spain symposium.
April 12-13: N/LIGHT: CULTURAL AND ART HISTORIES OF LIGHT AND THE NIGHT
May 3-4: Black Collectivities: Contemporary Artistic Formations in Africa and Its Diasporas
May 16-17: The Renaissance in Spain
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