News

Two Recent Department Graduates Make Moves in the Field

May 20, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Dr. Sara Berkowitz ('20) & Dr. Devon Zimmerman ('20) engage exciting new opportunities

Dr. Aneta Georgievska-Shine's New Book Published

May 20, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Named by Christie's as one of the Best Art Books to Buy in 2022, "Vermeer and the Art of Love" is not to be missed

Exhibition of Contemporary American Portraiture at National Portrait Gallery Opens

May 13, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Gabrielle Tillenburg supplies key label texts to important annual exhibition at NPG

Maryland Today

Mizzou Administrator, Professor of Music and Black Studies Named ARHU Dean

April 19, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Philosophy, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

Stephanie Shonekan to take helm of college on July 1.

Tony Cui featured in Graduate Student Spotlight of the inaugural ARHU Matters newsletter

April 15, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Tony Cui reflects on the current and future states of our field, and dispenses sage advice to undergraduates

Bonnie Thornton Dill, Longtime Dean of UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities, to Step Down this Spring

April 12, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy

The pioneering scholar of intersectionality helped usher in a more diverse faculty, power up collaboration and research and launch interdisciplinary, arts-tech centered programs.

Today Show

New Jean-Michel Basquiat Exhibit Showcases Over 200 New Pieces

April 08, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Associate Professor of American Art Jordana Moore Saggese talks to the Today Show about the legendary artist.

Inaugural David C. and Thelma G. Driskell Award for Creative Excellence

March 11, 2022 Art, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora

We welcome submissions from emerging scholars and artists who will create new artistic or scholarly work that furthers the Driskell Center’s mission.

PhD Candidate Marco Polo Juárez Cruz-curated exhibition reviewed in the Washington Post

January 30, 2022 Art History and Archaeology

Juárez Cruz mines AMA's collection to great effect in “Women in All Their Diversity” at the AMA