The New York Times recently published an article on the excavation of a fourth-century church at Amheida (ancient Trimithis), the site where Dr. Aravecchia serves as Archaeological Field Director. The article discusses how the excavation's findings have revealed exciting, new information concerning early Christian burial practices.
The article highlights Dr. Aravecchia's excavations in Amheida
The Saint Louis Art Museum has released a recording of Dr. John Klein's April lecture on Matisse at the museum. The lecture was called “The Art of Immersion: Matisse’s Oceanic Escapes.”
Prof. Childs is currently featured in three of the four podcast episodes in the National Gallery of Australia's production, "The Gauguin Dilemma." You can hear her in episodes 1, 2, and 4.
Dr. Klein gave the author of the article, Jeannette Cooperman, a tour of the "Matisse and the Sea" exhibit.
Dr. Miller spoke in conversation with Nick Mauss, with whom she co-authored Body Language: The Queer Staged Photographs of George Platt Lynes and PaJaMa.
The exhibition will demonstrate how stories can shift entrenched attitudes toward immigration and how art can foster connections between migrants and the communities in which they become a part.
Helen invited writer Lawrence Weschler and art historian Claudia Swan to interrogate what is at stake—politically, financially, and art historically—in reattributing works by Vermeer.
Department of Art History and Archaeology graduate students Claire Lyman and Mary Sulavik joined Dr. Nicola Aravecchia, Archaeological Director of the Amheida project, on a trip to the ancient site of Amheida in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis.
The exhibition opens on February 17, 2024.
Dr. Childs received the Rotating Graduate Studio Award from the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, & Equity for the Spring of 2025.
Check out the fifth volume of the newsletter for the Department of Art History and Archaeology published this October!