A new exhibition is now open at the UWM Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery!
This innovative exhibition explores how artists portrayed water as a site of labor in nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art. Drawing from UWM’s rich collections, it shows how artists worked to promote a wide variety of maritime endeavors, from shipping and...
Thursday, April 25, 2019
Please join us for the First Annual Friends of Art History Lecture! Special guest Grace Lavery (UC Berkeley English Department) will be presenting the lecture entitled Quaint, Exquisite: Victorian Aesthetics and the Idea of Japan.
April 9, 2019 at 1 – 2pm
Please join us for an exciting *MYSTERY* object presentation by Mathis Gallery Intern Melissa Michaud in the Emile H. Mathis Gallery.
February 28 to April 4, 2019
Please join the Department of Art History for the opening of Graduate Student Youngchul Shin’s Thesis Exhibition. Distorted Norms: German Expressionist Prints and the Legacy of the Early German Masters explores the legacy of early German printmaking among German Expressionist artists.
February 28 to April 4, 2019
Please join the Department of Art History for the opening of Graduate Student Samantha Maloney’s Thesis Exhibition. Face. Off. Faceoff: Mapping African Representations in Western Art Museums aims to investigate how influential representations of African art objects, cultures, and histories within Western art museums impact contemporary museum audiences.
Humor and Quiet Resistance: The Graphic Work of Wilhelm Hopfner and Stanley William Hayter & the Death of Hektor. November 15, 2018 – February 14, 2019.
September 18, 2023 through February 8, 2024 Opening Reception: September 14, 2023, 5-7pm UWM Gallery Night Thursday, September 21st from 4-7pm Art Works places the spotlight on curation and research practices at the UWM Art Collection and Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery....
Join us for Art Exposé, a monthly gallery talk, presented by either Art History Galleries staff or professors of the Department of Art History. As part of the presentation, a single rarely seen selection from the UWM Art Collection will be...