Faculty

Welcome Assistant Professor of Teaching Jillian Lerner

Welcome Assistant Professor of Teaching Jillian Lerner

We are excited to announce Jillian Lerner’s appointment as an assistant professor of teaching (tenure-track) in art history.

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).

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 […]

AHVA Faculty and Students involved in SANKOFA – African Routes, Canadian Roots at Museum of Anthropology

AHVA Faculty and Students involved in SANKOFA – African Routes, Canadian Roots at Museum of Anthropology

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates MOA Curator and incoming member of faculty Nuno Porto and AHVA PhD candidate Titilope Salami, on their newly co-curated exhibition SANKOFA – African Routes, Canadian Roots at Museum of Anthropology.

New Book by Dana Claxton, The Sioux Project – Tatanka Oyate

New Book by Dana Claxton, The Sioux Project – Tatanka Oyate

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Dana Claxton, Head and Professor, for the launch of her new book: The Sioux Project – Tatanka Oyate (co-published by Information Office and the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina Saskatchewan).  

Welcome Assistant Professor Dan Starling

Welcome Assistant Professor Dan Starling

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is excited to announce that Dan Starling is joining the department as an Assistant Professor with a focus on Print Media. He will be teaching the following courses in the upcoming 2021-2022 semester: VISA 250 — Print Media VISA 350 — Intermediate Print Media I: Interdisciplinary […]

AHVA Faculty and Alumni involved in Vancouver Special: Disorientations and Echo at the Vancouver Art Gallery

AHVA Faculty and Alumni involved in Vancouver Special: Disorientations and Echo at the Vancouver Art Gallery

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory congratulates Assistant Professor Jeneen Frei Njootli, UBC colleague Phanuel Antwi, and AHVA alumni Jenn Jackson and Grant Arnold on their newly co-curated exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery

New Book by Professor Erin Silver, Suzy Lake: Life & Work

New Book by Professor Erin Silver, Suzy Lake: Life & Work

Erin Silver, Assistant Professor at the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory releases her new book, Suzy Lake: Life & Work.

VISA 330 Painting Showcase at Audain Art Centre

VISA 330 Painting Showcase at Audain Art Centre

Art in the time of Covid! AHVA Gallery staff and Work Learn students have recently installed works from the third-year painting class VISA 330, taught by Phil McCrum in fall 2020. The display is viewable from outside the Audain Art Centre along University Boulevard.

AHVA Welcomes Professor Rachel Boate

AHVA Welcomes Professor Rachel Boate

The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is pleased to announce that Professor Rachel Boate is joining the department as Assistant Professor without Review in art history through summer 2022. Rachel Boate is a historian of nineteenth- and twentieth-century art and visual culture, with an emphasis on cross-cultural histories and theories of abstraction, […]