Few contemporary artists challenge the narratives of Western art history as provocatively and playfully as Kent Monkman. The artist has spent decades confronting the colonial gaze from inside of some ...

Editor’s note: Catherine (Ellie) Canning graduated from the University of Delaware in May 2020 with B.A. degrees in Latin American and Iberian studies and art history, with a minor in museum studies.

There’s more to art than any one studio discipline. That’s why UW offers a well-rounded minor in art history. In the minor program, students learn about traditional art forms, art history and ...

Art history, once a staple in every college humanities curriculum, is now seen as elitist and futile. With Donald Trump back in the White House, the arts are more at risk than ever. For many, the ...

Stained glass is a big deal in Buffalo. Not only is this city home to the Stained Glass Association of America (SGAA – click here to listen to a podcast), it’s also living museum. There are examples ...

In January 2014, then-president Barack Obama was giving a speech to employees at a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin when he said that “folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing ...

A review of Art: A New History, by Paul Johnson. The modern sensibility recoils against the “great man” model of history: history as the account of decisive events, shaped by the autonomous actions of ...

Introduction to the histories of art and the practice of art history. You will encounter a range of arts (including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, prints) and artistic practices from ...

This guide provides a brief introduction to writing in the field of art history through the lens of threshold concepts. It includes: A statement of threshold concepts in art history “So you’re taking ...