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PhD candidate Khushmi Mehta has been awarded an Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship at CASVA for her dissertation, “Entangled Narratives: The Development of Community and Camaraderie at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Baroda (1960s-1980s)." Congratulations!

GC Art History alum Alejandro Anreus is the author of “Modern Art in 1940s Cuba”, the first book to explore the work of avant-garde artists in Cuba during the nation’s years as a democracy. The book is out now and available from University Press of Florida. Congratulations to Alejandro!

Artists’Addas: Camaraderie, Community, and Cosmopolitanism in Baroda - post Before Nightfall, a 1981–82 triptych by Nilima Sheikh, imagines a scene unfolding at twilight on the campus of the Faculty of Fine Arts in Baroda, a city in the Indian state of Gujarat (fig. 1).1The n...

PhD candidate Khushmi Mehta’s article “Artists’ Addas: Camaraderie, Community, and Cosmopolitanism in Baroda” was recently published by MoMA’s online resource “post: notes on art in a global context."
See link here: post.moma.org/artistsaddas...

City of Science: Van Gogh and the End of Nature YouTube video by CUNY Graduate Center

ICYMI, watch the latest City of Science event, Van Gogh and the End of Nature: @mlobelart.bsky.social in Conversation with Peter Groffman, introduced by @joshbrumberg.bsky.social - youtu.be/PwHcE-j4bR4 @asrc-gc.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social

Congratulations to Naiomy Guerrero, who has been selected for the Arts Leadership Praxis program at the Studio Museum in Harlem! The program provides professional development opportunities to mid-career cultural professionals of color and those deeply invested in Black cultural production.

PhD candidate Cortney Berg will be presenting “The Morality of the Pearl Manuscript: Deviations Between Reading Text and Image” at the Medieval Studies Inter-University Doctoral Consortium Conference on Friday, April 4.

Register here: medren.columbia.edu/events/medie...

Claire Bishop will be in conversation with anthropologist Anna Tsing tomorrow at noon! Organized by Altgårbra Agb. Online: fb.me/e/8xErjNwmd

POSTPONED--Listenings: A Convening - Independent Curators International

The Listenings program (originally scheduled for April 2) has been postponed.

See updates here: curatorsintl.org/events/24975...

The Institute of Fine Arts and The Frick Collection Symposium on the History of Art The Institute offers a diverse array of public programs throughout the academic year. Programs include exhibitions, annual lecture series, special lectures, symposia, and conferences which cover an ex...

Suzie Oppenheimer will be presenting at the Institute of Fine Arts and The Frick Collection Symposium on the History of Art on Thursday, April 3!

Suzie’s paper is entitled “The Shores Beyond the Nation: George Catlin and the Gulf Stream."

Register to attend: ifa.nyu.edu/events/frick...

Episode 3 of the Art History and Pedagogy Podcast is out! GC Art History student Forrest Pelsue hosts this podcast. In this episode, she interviews Graduate Teaching Fellow Jessica Bal about her experiences teaching CUNY students. 

Listen here: ahapedpod.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/03/01/e...

Listenings: A Convening - Independent Curators International

📣 Upcoming event! 📣

Listenings: A Convening
🗓️ April 2, 2025, 10:30am –6 pm
📍Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center
RSVP Required: curatorsintl.org/events/24975...

Join us to celebrate the launch of “Listenings,” a new publication edited by Candice Hopkins and Dylan Robinson.

Dear Alumni: We would like to request updates from you all for our annual alumni newsletter. Feel free to submit any exciting developments regarding your occupation or scholarship that you would like to share with our GC Art History community. Submit by April 7th: www.gc.cuny.edu/art-history/....

Art historian and critic Claire Bishop presents Ancestral Avant-Gardes - AHEAD (Arts and Humanities Engagement and Dialogue) The Art Research Group at Manchester School of Art invites you to Ancestral Avant-Gardes conference organised by Professor Claire Bishop

Claire Bishop has organized “Ancestral Avant-Gardes,” a conference at The Art Research Group, Manchester School of Art on Friday, March 21, 9:30-7:00pm.

Speakers include: Yinka Esi Graves, Grace Ndiritu, Claire Tancons, Lucy Wright

Register: ahead.mmu.ac.uk/2025/02/11/a...

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Find your future at CUNY Grad School Week! Join virtual sessions March 24th-28th, meet our admissions officers, and explore master's and doctoral programs offered at the 15 CUNY colleges.
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Isabel Elson-Enriquez

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Isabel Elson-Enriquez, who was awarded a 2025 Luce/American Council of Learned Societies Dissertation Fellowship in American Art for her study of the use of plastic in art in the 1960s and 1970s www.gc.cuny.edu/news/graduat... @cunygcarthistory.bsky.social

Congratulations to Jess Bal and Forrest Pelsue for completing the Interactive Technology and Pedagogy program, a three-course certificate that culminates in the creation of a capstone project!

The department will be hosting a Conference Panel Practice Session this Thursday at 4:30pm. Hope to see you there!