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Wrapped in Fashion: Japanese Kimono next up in Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History Lecture Series

"Wrapped in Fashion: Japanese Kimono," is the next talk in the Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History Lecture Series. Presented by Janice Katz, the Roger L. Weston Associate Curator of Japanese Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, the lecture will be held...

TV’s influence on the work of Jean-Michael Basquiat is the subject of the next Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History series

The influence of television on the works of acclaimed artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's 1980s paintings, drawings and music is the subject of the next installment in the NIU School of Art and Design's Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History series. "Jean-Michael...

Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History Series returns with Linda Safran on the relevance of medieval art

The Elizabeth Allen Visiting Scholars in Art History Series returns for the spring with an online lecture titled, "When, Where and What is Medieval Art--And Why Does It Matter?" presented by Linda Safran, PhD, Associate Fellow at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval...

Art History Professor Sinclair Bell wins prestigious NEH Fellowship to study Race in Antiquity

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently announced $32.8 million in grants to support 213 humanities projects in 44 states, including a research Fellowship for Sinclair Bell, Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University, to research the...