- Winter Exhibitions: Rebellious Stripes and American IconsNovember 24, 2025 – February 26, 202610:30am–2:30pmClosed during University breaks Emile H. Mathis Gallery Opening Reception: November 20, 5:00–7:00pm Learn more about Rebellious Strips and American Icons.
- Max Arthur Cohn: Industrial SubjectsThe Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery at UWM is delighted to announce our first exhibition of the 2025-26 academic year, Max Arthur Cohn: Industrial Subjects. We hope you’ll consider joining us for the opening reception on Thursday, September 18th, 5-7pm (curatorial remarks at 5:30pm). Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998) came of age as an artist during …
- Gustave Doré and Hélidore Pisan’s Newgate—Exercise Yard, 1872. Professor Sarah Schaefer article in March 2025 Art ForumGustave Doré and Hélidore Pisan’s Newgate—Exercise Yard, 1872 By Sarah C. Schaefer Black and white illustration depicting a group of prisoners in tattered clothing, lined up and shackled, marching in a circular formation inside a stone-walled courtyard. They are overseen by guards in uniforms. Gustave Doré and Hélidore Pisan, Newgate—Exercise Yard, 1872, …
- Artistic Lunar DepictionsInterested in art and science? Join us as UWM Art History graduate student, Maria Muto, guides you through an exploration of how the invention of the telescope revolutionized the way we see, interpret, and represent the moon in art. Maria studies 17th & 18th century European art and will discuss how 17th century European artists …
- Mondrian’s Dress: Yves Saint Laurent, Piet Mondrian, and Pop ArtIn this presentation, Nancy J. Troy examines Yves Saint Laurent’s wildly popular series of Mondrian dresses of 1965 to reveal the significance of these designs for the French couturier’s career, their impact on Piet Mondrian’s posthumous reception, and their resonances with the Pop art of Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, and Andy Warhol. Friends of Art …
- DemotedAn exhibition featuring research by UWM undergraduate Art History students from the Fall 2024 colloquium taught by Associate Professor Richard Leson. The paintings in this exhibit raise questions about authenticity, value, and the ethical implications of traditional art-historical work. Demoted opens in the Mathis Art Gallery, first floor Mitchell Hall, Thursday, March 13th with an …
- Wood Engravers’ Network’s 5th Triennial ExhibitionUWM’s Mathis Art Gallery presents the Wood Engravers’ Network’s 5th Triennial Exhibition from March 6 through May 1st, 2025, with an exhibit opening reception, Thursday, March 6th from 5-7pm. Selected by Juror and UWM Head of Special Collections, Max Yela, the show features 60 contemporary relief engravings that showcase the creative innovation and technical craftsmanship …
- UWM Underground: The Art of Denis KitchenUWM Underground: The Art of Denis Kitchen takes a broad look at Denis Kitchen (b. 1946) the cartoonist and seminal figure in American comics. We follow him from his undergraduate days here at UW-Milwaukee as a budding illustrator through struggles and triumphs at independent newspapers in Wisconsin. Denis and the daring artists he supported weathered upheaval …
- Revolutionary Realism: Prints and Portraits after the Mexican RevolutionRevolutionary Realism: Prints and Portraits after the Mexican Revolution explores the traditions of print and portraiture in 20th-century Mexico and their influence in other Latin American countries. This exhibition examines the visual language of revolution, labor, and identity following the Mexican Revolution, featuring works from Manuel Carrillo, Leopoldo Méndez, Diego Rivera, Francisco Toledo, and more. …
- Living on the Edge: Armenian Art and the Margins of Art HistoryThe 2024 Friends of Art History Lecture marks the 60th anniversary of the Department of Art History at UWM. Our speaker is Professor Christina Maranci of Harvard University (Department of Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, Department of History of Art and Architecture), where she holds the Mashtots Chair in Armenian Studies. Professor Maranci taught in our own department …
- Professor Kay Wells in Artforum![caption id="" align="alignnone" width="1160"] Qualeasha Wood, Clout Chasin’, 2023, glass beads on cotton, 84 × 61″. From “Threaded Visions: Contemporary Weavings from the Collection.” Professor Kay Wells has published a feature article in Artforum, which is THE magazine of record for international modern and contemporary art: https://www.artforum.com/features/k-l-h-wells-textile-exhibitions-washington-dc-new-york-chicago-557677/. Congratulations, Professor Wells!
- Modern Impacts: Celebrating 50 Years of the Rosenberg Collection at UWMModern Impacts: Celebrating 50 Years of the Rosenberg Collection at UWM honors the fiftieth anniversary of the foundational bequest of the Blanche and Henry Rosenberg Art Collection to UWM. In 1974, the UWM Art Collection was much like the young university itself: small, impressive, and growing. With this significant gift, the artwork on campus more …