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“Wrong and strong”
CAMPAIGN, a two-day event, celebrated the lasting influence of artist and scholar Pope.L.
This past October, more than 400 people gathered at the Rev...
Thomas ‘Tom’ Mapp, visionary arts educator and administrator at UChicago, 1936‒2024
Remembered for his commitment to students and encouragement to ‘read broadly and think connectively’
Thomas “Tom” Mapp, a transformative leader i...
William Pope.L, Renowned Interdisciplinary Artist and Scholar, 1955–2023
The following was published in UChicago News on January 4, 2024.
William Pope.L, an acclaimed interdisciplinary artist and professor in the Dep...
Visual Arts Scholar Theaster Gates's Art Basel Exhibition Draws Celebrities
Well-regarded sculptor and scholar of urban planning, Theaster Gates, professor in Visual Arts at UChicago, excels at discovering art in ordinary obje...
Two Perspectives on Monuments
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A monument can be a memorial, a work of art, a physical object, or something else entirely. Its meaning shifts depending on the audience and era. Engl...
Two Perspectives on Comedy
Scholars from English and Visual Arts analyze comedy and comedic forms
Although comedy is as much a part of the human condition as tragedy, researche...
Present and Past
A brief history of the Department of Visual Arts
Additional research by Julie Mebane, AM’14 and Martin Schwarz
The practice of visual arts began to ...
Joan Harris One of Three Arts Leaders With UChicago Ties to Receive National Medal of Arts
This article originally appeared in UChicago News on 23 July.President Barack Obama will present the National Medal of Arts to three arts leaders with...
Visual Arts Alumna to Publish Work on Cloistered Nuns
While researching Dedicated to God: An Oral History of Cloistered Nuns, Abbie Reese, MFA'13, spent six years learning and recording the individual sto...
UChicago Faculty Members Included in Newcity Art's "Art 50: Chicago's Artist's Artists"
Several faculty members of the Department of Visual Arts were featured on Newcity Art's list of "Chicago Artist's Artists." Newcity Art is devoted to ...