Palestine 36 screening, May 7th
Kinsey Pavillion, 1220BPlease join us for a screening of the film Palestine 36 on Thursday, May 7. Doors will open at 4 PM.
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Jolene Rickard to present the 2026 Gretchen Taylor Millson Lecture, May 11
UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe UCLA Department of Art History proudly presents the 2026 Gretchen Taylor Millson Distinguished Lecture, featuring Jolene Rickard, Associate Professor, Departments of Art History + Visual Studies, Art American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program, Cornell University. Professor Rickard's lecture is entitled, “Creative Defiance as Sensory Ecologies.” The Gretchen Taylor Millson Distinguished Lectureship was established in memory...
No Place Like Home, Eighteenth-Century London in an Age of Change
Williams Andrews Clark Library 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angelese, CAThe Williams Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA Department of Art History, and the Winter 2026 Ahmanson Seminar are pleased to present the exhibit opening of "No Place Like Home, Eighteenth-Century London in an Age of Change" Meet the Curators on May 12th. All are welcome!
“Building Guanajuato: Architecture and Infrastructure in a Late Colonial Mining City,” with Dr. Luis Gordo Peláez
ZoomThe Architecture Working Group is pleased to announce that their next event will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM PT via Zoom. With the support of the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, the CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, and the UCLA Department of Art History, we will be joined by Dr. Luis Gordo Peláez, Associate Professor in the School...
“Fowler Talks: Across Borders, Across Time,” May 20th
Lenart Auditorium at the Fowler MuseumIn celebration of the 200th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Peru, on Wednesday, May 20th, the Fowler Museum, in collaboration with the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, Waystation Initiative, CMRS Center for Early Global Studies, Andean Laboratory at UCLA, and the Consulate General of Peru in Los Angeles, will host "Fowler Talks:...
Art Council Lecture Series – A Conversation with Annemarie Jacir
UCLA Dodd Hall, Room 247 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAOn Wednesday, May 20, at 2 PM, PT the Art History Department will host Writer and Director, Annemarie Jacir for a conversation about her film "Palestine 36." Ms. Jacir will be appearing virtually for this event. Guests may attend in-person in Dodd 247 or attend via webinar. Kindly RSVP here to receive the webinar information prior...
UCLA Art History and Classics Annual Book Giveaway
Dodd Hall, Second Floor 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAPlease gather your friends & join us at the UCLA Art History & Classics Annual Book Giveaway which will take place in the hallways of Dodd Hall 2nd floor from 9am-4pm on Mon-Fri, June 1-5. These books have been generously donated by our Faculty and there are A LOT of fantastic finds. You will NOT...
Art History Department Welcome Back Luncheon, Sept. 23rd
Faculty Lounge, Dodd 221B Dodd HallThe annual Welcome Back Lunch will be held in the faculty lounge at 12 PM, Wednesday, September 23, 2026. Please join us to grab a bite and greet the incoming graduate students!
Art Council Lecture Series – Ellie Mackin Roberts
UCLA Dodd Hall, Room 247 315 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CAThe 2026-27 Art Council Lecture Series begins with "From Loom to Goddess: Weaving, Cognition, and Women's Religious Experience in Ancient Greece" presented by Ellie Mackin Roberts. An RSVP is required here by October 1st.
Art Council Lecture Series – Abbey Stockstill
Dodd Hall Room 275 390 Portola Plaza, Los AngelesAbbey Stockstill, Associate Professor and Thomas Jefferson Foundation Chair, in the Department of Architectural History, at the University of Virginia will be presenting a UCLA Art Council Lecture Series presentation entitled “None Like It in Islam": Material Aesthetics Between Andalusi Production and Maghrib Patronage Description: To look at the art of medieval North Africa is...
Anton Vidokle, Oct. 23
UCLA Margo Leavin Graduate Art Studios 3600 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CAAnton Vidokle is an artist and editor of e-flux journal. He was born in Moscow and lives in New York and Berlin. Vidokle’s work has been exhibited internationally at Documenta 13 and the 56th Venice Biennale. Vidokle’s films have been presented at Bergen Assembly, Shanghai Biennale, Berlinale International Film Festival, Forum Expanded, Gwangju Biennale, Center...
UCLA Department of Art History Colloquium with Dell Upton, Oct. 28
Dodd Hall Room 275 390 Portola Plaza, Los AngelesPlease join us for a Department of Art History Colloquium with featured speaker Dell Upton on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 1 PM in Dodd 275 for his talk, The Decapitation of a Great Blockhead.
