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February 17, 2022

Dr. Tracy Cooper interviewed in The Art Newspaper

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Dr. Cooper's remarks are quoted in the story, "Venice's great women artists step into the limelight through major restoration project", an initiative undertaken by Save Venice. Dr. Cooper is an active board member of the organization. You can see the entire article here:  https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/02/15/save-venice-women-artists-res... Read More

February 17, 2022

Art History's Linda Earle Discusses the Importance of Philanthropy and Cultural Equity

Author: Emily Herbein

Fine Arts Management Professor Linda Earle recently spoke with Temple Now about the consequential impact that philanthropy and artists have had on building equitable creative spaces. Earle, also associate graduate director for arts management track of the master's program in Tyler's Art History Department, discusses the need for change on an institutional level, and looks at large-scale "tentpole organizations," like the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and how they plan to address and further implement diversity plans. She also addresses the recent change in how donors and art funders look at where to give and consider the need to look at "the whole field" rather than just the big-name artists and institutions. Read More

February 8, 2022

Michael Lally (PhD candidate) to present a paper

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

The paper, “To Wear, To See: Object Biographies and The History of Mobility in the Nineteenth-Century Western Indian Ocean” will be presented at the "Going Global: New Challenges in the Field of Provenance Research” conference at the Vitromusée in Romont, Switzerland, Sept. 15, 2022. Read More

February 3, 2022

Brittany Strupp (PhD, 2022) to speak on Robert Henri's portraits of Chinese-Americans

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Brittany Strupp will represent the Art History Department with a paper titled “The Dignity of Life”: Robert Henri's Portraits of Chinese Americans" at the 26th Annual Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art, hosted by the Barnes Foundation (hybrid), February 24-25. Brittany's talk will begin at 10 AM on Friday the 25th.This annual symposium brings together graduate students from nine mid-Atlantic colleges and universities to present current research in the field of art history.  Read More

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