Recently restored painting by Alfred von Wierusz Kowalski

It is with great pleasure that the UWM Art Collection announces the unveiling of a recently restored painting by Polish artist, Alfred von Wierusz Kowalski (1849-1915).

Kupiecki and Murphy Intern at MOWA

Graduate students Anna Kupiecki and Jackie Muprhy helped Andrea Waala, the Museum of Wisconsin Art’s (MOWA) registrar, accession three Tom Uttech paintings into the museum’s collection.

Art Exposé: Linda Brazeau

On Tuesday, February 10, 2015, the UWM Art History Gallery hosted Art Exposé.

UWM Art Collection to Collaborate with ARTstor

The UWM Art Collection will soon be featured in the ARTstor Digital Library.

Camera Lucida Mexicana: Travel, Visual Technologies, and Contested Objectivities

Author: Matthew Francis Rarey, Visiting Assistant Professor Published in: Romantic Circles  (A refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture) Year: 2015 More information

“Reflections on a Collection” Opens in UWM Art History Gallery

Reflections on a Collection: The UWM Icons Revisited Fifty Years Later opened in the UWM Art History Gallery on Thursday, February 5, 2015.

Myth into art: foreign impulses and local responses in archaic Cypriot sanctuaries

Author: Derek Counts, Professor Published in: The Cambridge Prehistory of the Bronze and Iron Age Mediterranean Year: 2015 More information

New Article by Professor Counts

Professor Derek Counts’ article “Myth into art: foreign impulses and local responses in archaic Cypriot sanctuaries” examines a series of sculptural representations of the triple-bodied monster “Geryon” (of Greek mythological fame) in Cypriot sanctuaries of the Archaic and Classical periods (ca. 750-325 BCE).

Dürer and Cranach on View for Undergraduate Students

This week Assistant Professor Kay Wells’ ARTHIST 102: Renaissance to Modern Art and Architecture discussion sections visited the UWM Art History Gallery to view works from the UWM Art Collection.