Department of Art and Art History Content

Weekender: Experience the Art, Music of Different Cultures

Jamie Sara Gelfond — February 19, 2025 - 2:15pm

This week’s Shinkoskey Noon Concert on 'The Art of the Trio Sonata'

Thursday, Feb. 20, 12:05 p.m., Recital Hall at Ann E. Pitzer Center

Weekender: Celebrate Your Love of Art this Valentine's Weekend

Jamie Sara Gelfond — February 13, 2025 - 11:12am

This week, you'll find a slew of activities in music, art and culture. Read about them all in the �ٺ��Ƶ Arts Blog.

�ٺ��Ƶ Art History’s Watenpaugh Inspires with Her Perspective on Art and Cultural Heritage Destruction

Jamie Sara Gelfond — February 10, 2025 - 3:01pm

Weekender: Looking at Art From Fukishima Disaster; More Art and Music

Karen Michele Nikos — November 03, 2022 - 11:17am

This week, we feature culture of the Fukishima disaster, Indonesian music, award-winning artist Xu Bing, and much more.

Wayne Thiebaud’s Death Brings Outpouring of Tributes to �ٺ��Ƶ Artist

Karen Michele Nikos — January 11, 2022 - 11:00am

The death of University of California, Davis, Professor Emeritus Wayne Thiebaud on Dec. 25 brought an outpouring of memories and tributes, critical acclaim for the artist’s remarkable life and career, and news of a significant gift to �ٺ��Ƶ.

How Can We Combat Ilicit Trade in Cultural Artifacts?

Karen Michele Nikos — February 16, 2021 - 5:08pm

An agreement between Turkey and the United States to combat the illicit trade in antiquities and other cultural property has divided historians and preservationists.

Art History Event Takes On Timely Topic of Race and Museums

Karen Michele Nikos — February 16, 2021 - 10:00am

During the past year, museums around the nation have been engaged in critical self-examinations of how they have addressed or failed to address issues of race in collections, exhibitions and programming. Many have released public statements acknowledging their shortcomings, the existence of systematic racism in the museum world, and in support of movements such as Black Lives Matter. Some museums have made a commitment to collect and exhibit more work by artists of color, and some have even sold works from their collections to purchase more art by Black artists.

Redefining the Role of Public Monuments

Karen Michele Nikos — July 02, 2020 - 12:30pm

A few years ago, the nation stood watch as Confederate statues started tumbling down at the hands of protestors or at the direction of city officials, seeking peace and reckoning — mainly throughout the South — after the deaths of Black men at the hands of police and other racial injustices. A few weeks ago, the destruction of these monuments went national, inspired in part by George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis police custody in May. California became a large part of the conversation.