News & Events
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Sylvia Tongyan Qiu to deliver lecture for the Center for 17th- and 18th- Century Studies’ Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Graduate Research Fellowship program
Sylvia Tongyan Qiu, Art History Ph.D. student and recipient of the 2023–24 Kenneth Karmiole Endowed Graduate Research Fellowship, will be delivering a lecture entitled, “Imaging Diplomacy: The...
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The 2024 Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture presents Charlene Villaseñor Black
The 2024 Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture was a spectacular success! Thank you to Charlene Villaseñor Black for an enlightening presentation followed by a lively Q&A. Faculty, grad...
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Professor Hui-shu Lee to deliver three part lecture series on Chinese art history.
Professor Hui-shu Lee will host a lecture series on Chinese art history from March 20 to March 26, 2024 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and...
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Professor George Baker’s Q&A in the Bruin Bookshelf Spotlight
Professor George Baker was featured in the newest Bruin Bookshelf Spotlight article where he discusses his latest publication 'Lateness and Longing: On the Afterlife of Photography' which...
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Professor Charlene Villaseñor Black to present the 2024 Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture on March 4
The UCLA Department of Art History proudly presents the 2024 Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture, featuring Charlene Villaseñor Black, Art History Professor and Faculty Chair of the Chicana/o...
Mission Statement
The UCLA Department of Art History was one of the first in the United States to embrace a mission of comprehensive global coverage.
With this mission, the department has educated undergraduate and graduate students for decades with a broad-based understanding of art that comes from exposure to the artistic practices of a variety of “western” and “non-western” cultures through time and space.
With its requirements for study across the globe and for foreign language training above and beyond the college obligation, our department seeks to encourage students to question the art historical canon, to rethink the relationships between margins and centers, and to practice a socially and politically responsible art history.