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Welcome Assistant Professor and Audain Chair Alexandra Peck

Welcome Assistant Professor and Audain Chair Alexandra Peck

We are excited to announce Alexandra Pecks’s appointment as an assistant professor (tenure-track) in art history and chairship.

Welcome Assistant Professor Nikki Georgopulos

Welcome Assistant Professor Nikki Georgopulos

We are excited to announce Nikki Georgopulos’s appointment as an assistant professor (tenure-track) in art history.

Seeking Director/Curator, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (Assistant or Associate Professor)

Seeking Director/Curator, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (Assistant or Associate Professor)

The Faculty of Arts at The University of British Columbia (UBC) – Vancouver invites applications for the position of Director/Curator, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery.

2022 Art Canada Institute Inaugural Research Fellowship

2022 Art Canada Institute Inaugural Research Fellowship

Many congratulations to AHVA PhD candidate Alison Ariss, recipient of a research fellowship with the Art Canada Institute as part of their inaugural Redefining Canadian Art History Fellowship Program https://www.aci-iac.ca/about-our-fellowships/ Following the seismic events of the summer of 2020, the Art Canada Institute reassessed our programming and what represented this nation’s art canon. The Art […]

Call for Applications: Ellen Neel & Beau Dick Award in Art History, Visual Art & Theory

Call for Applications: Ellen Neel & Beau Dick Award in Art History, Visual Art & Theory

The Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory is now accepting applications for the 2021/2022 Ellen Neel and Beau Dick Award in Art History, Visual Art and Theory

Reconciliation Pole: Bronze Disc Base

Reconciliation Pole: Bronze Disc Base

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) is pleased to present a short video documenting the Reconciliation Pole: Bronze Disc Base project that the department hosted in the Audain Art Centre last spring.

Art History Major Ivy Li Recognized by Faculty Scholarship

Art History Major Ivy Li Recognized by Faculty Scholarship

Many congratulations to third-year BA Art History major Ivy Li, recent recipient of a Faculty of Arts International Student Scholarship. On the occasion of this academic honour, we asked Ivy a few questions about her experience in the program.  

New Publications by Professor Joseph Monteyne

New Publications by Professor Joseph Monteyne

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Associate Professor Joseph Monteyne on the release of his new book, Media Critique in the Age of Gillray: Scratches, Scraps, and Spectres (University of Toronto Press, 2022).

Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition 2022 Virtual Tour

Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition 2022 Virtual Tour

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVA) and AHVA Gallery are very pleased to present a virtual tour in our new virtual AHVA Gallery exhibition space of the Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition 2022.

Welcome Associate Professor Nuno Porto

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is excited to announce that Nuno Porto is joining the department as an Associate Professor with a focus on African Art and Heritage. He will be teaching the ARTH 410 Seminar in African Art – Key debates in the Arts and the African Diasporas in this […]