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Exciting achievements out of our Art Conservation alumni
Jun 14, 2023
Congratulations to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Art Conservation alumni who attended the Canadian Association for Cultural Property's 28th Annual Conference in Victoria, B.C., and to Emma Griffiths (M.A.C. '22), winner of the 2023 CAPC Emerging Conservator Grant!
Ph.D. candidate contributes to African art installations at Denver Art Museum
May 15, 2023
Supported by the valuable contributions of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Ph.D. candidate, Adekunle Adeniji, the Denver Art Museum has recently reopened its African art installations.
Art & Activism students curate Union Gallery exhibition
May 03, 2023
Currently on through May 20 at Union Gallery: check out Creating Desire Lines: Pathways to a Counter Education, the exhibition curated by the students of ARTH 420/868: Art and Activism.
Art Conservation alumna wins two awards from American Institute for Conservation
Apr 24, 2023
Congratulations to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Master of Art Conservation alumna Sally Gunhee Kim (M.A.C. '19), who is the recipient of not one, but two awards from the American Institute for Conservation!
Dr. Aaron Shugar appointed Bader Chair in Art Conservation
Apr 19, 2023
As Bader Chair, Dr. Shugar will help the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Master of Art Conservation program establish a fifth stream of study, adding analytical imaging to the current streams: conservation of paper, paintings, objects, and conservation science.
Art History Professor Emeritus Pierre du Prey co-authors award-winning book
Apr 17, 2023
Congratulations to °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Art History Professor Emeritus Pierre du Prey, whose work with Anatole Tchikine on "Francesco Ignazio Lazzari's Discrizione della villa pliniana: Visions of Antiquity in the Landscape of Umbria" received the 2023 Elisabeth Blair MacDougall Book Award!
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Art History in London!
Apr 17, 2023
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Art History had significant representation at the 2023 annual Association for Art History conference, held at University College London!Â
Art History Prof. Ron Spronk organizes international Jherinomus Bosch conference
Apr 11, 2023
Speaking at this year's conference are °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Art History Ph.D. candidate Astrid Hobill -- on "Pieter Coecke as Intermediary: Inserting the link between Bosch and Bruegel" -- and alumna Marie-Eve Lafontaine (B.A., Art History) -- on "Connoisseurship and attribution: the Haywain"
Congratulations, Art History 3-Minute Thesis competitors!
Mar 17, 2023
These five students participate in the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ University-wide 3MT competition finals on March 22, 2023. Congratulations to our amazing students!
Department Head Norman Vorano interviewed on "The Unfinished Print" podcast
Mar 17, 2023
The latest episode of Andre Zadoroznky's popular podcast, The Unfinished Print -- a deep dive about the art of Japanese woodblock printing or mokuhanga -- features an interview with Dr. Norman Vorano, Head of the Department of Art History & Art Conservation.
Art History Ph.D. student awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Mar 16, 2023
Ph.D. student Béatrice Cloutier-Trepanier has been awarded a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, to continue her research on American painter Lee Lozano.
New Art Conservation-Classics exhibition to go up at Kingston City Hall
Mar 16, 2023
Starting April 5, 2023, the new exhibition Antiquities Through Modern Eyes is presented at Kingston City Hall.