The Fondation Custodia – Collection Frits Lugt will publish in 2020 the catalogue raisonné of the French artist Léon Bonvin (1834-1866), under the direction of Gabriel Weisberg, Professor Emeritus at the University of Minnesota. On this occasion, the Fondation Custodia will organize an exhibition dedicated to the artist.

William Edmondson was the first African American artist to have a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, in 1937.

John William Steyaert, 77, passed away from pulmonary complications on the 1st of January, 2020, in St. Paul. A Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Minnesota, John was deeply passionate about scholarship, finding great joy and meaning in teaching undergraduate and graduate students, and having an endless fascination with a wide range of topics in cultural history, from ancient to modern.

Professor Emerita Karal Ann Marling currently has an exhibition titled Rochester Americana on view at the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester.

Alumna Sarah Schultz (MA '91, art history) heads the nation's premier nonprofit dedicated to celebrating both makers and handicrafts.

Laura Wertheim Joseph (PhD, University of Minnesota, 2015) brings broad arts experience to Minnesota Museum of American Art.

Summer 2019 updates from Art History featuring a chair letter and stories about students, faculty, and alumni.

The Department of Art History is pleased to announce that Theresa Downing is the recipient of a 2019-20 Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowship in American Art, which is supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. 

The Department of Art History is pleased to offer two courses this summer: Pre-Columbian Art and 19th and 20th Century Art.