FOAH Behind-the-Scenes Tour

On Tuesday, September 27, UWM Art Collection Director, Linda Brazeau, and Curator, UWM Art Collection, Christa Story gave a behind the scenes tour of the UWM Art History Gallery and the UWM Art Collection (UWMAC) vault to Friends of Art History (FOAH) members at the Art Connoisseur level.

Gallery Renovation Update Fall 2016

The good news is that the renovation is scheduled to begin in fall 2016. Upon completion in spring 2017, the Art History Gallery, under the stewardship of the Department of Art History, will be transformed into a state-of-the-art 2,400 square feet exhibition space, renamed the Emile H. Mathis II Gallery, honoring the beneficence of patron Emile H. Mathis II, an art connoisseur, collector and gallery owner.

Goundie sculpture on loan to Peck Alumni Exhibition

From now until November 3, you can see George Goundie’s sculpture, Head of a Dancer (1959), on loan from the UWM Art Collection, in Continuum 2016: Sculpture.

ARTHIST 700 visits UWM Art History Gallery for student presentations

On Tuesday, September 20, Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany brought her ARTHIST 700: Proseminar graduate seminar to the UWM Art History Gallery for tow student presentations on objects from the UWM Art Collection.  Ben Teel, a graduate student in Film Studies,… Read More

A Welcomed Visitor to the UWM Art Collection

Director of the UWM Art Collection, Linda Brazeau, and Curator, Christa Story welcomed Lisa Benjamin, the granddaughter of UWM Art Collection donors, Blanche and Henry Rosenberg, to view art in the Rosenberg Collection which includes work by early modern masters such as Picasso, Miro, Kandinsky, Klee, Moore, Arp, Dubuffet and others.

Recent Acquisition from the Mahers

The UWM Art Collection has received another gift of art from Virginia and J. Thomas Maher III.

Welcome New Fall 2016 Graduate Students!

The UWM Department of Art History welcomes three new graduate students to the MA program this fall!

Story gives gallery talk at Wright Museum of Art

On Tuesday, September 13, Christa Story, Curator, UWM Art Collection, gave a gallery talk at the Wright Museum of Art at Beloit College in conjunction with the UWM Art Collection traveling exhibition Rembrandt Etchings: States, Fakes, and Restrikes.

ARTHIST 700 visits the UWM Art History Gallery

On Tuesday, September 13, Associate Professor Tanya Tiffany brought her ARTHIST 700: Proseminar graduate seminar to the UWM Art History Gallery and had a student present on an object from the UWM Art Collection.

Art History Featured in L&S In Focus

The Department of Art History was featured in the August 2016 edition of the College of Letters & Science In Focus monthly newsletter.