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Professors Andrew Shelton and Carlos Rivas Take Students to the Cleveland Museum of Art
Over the course of an entire Sunday morning and afternoon, Professors Andrew Shelton and Carlos Rivas took students from their Spring 2024 classes on a field trip to the Cleveland Museum of Art,…

PhD Student Peter Smyth Conducts Research at the Met and other NYC Exhibitions
Over spring break, PhD student Peter Smyth traveled to NYC to see an important exhibition at the Met, “The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism.” While there, they also visited the…

Professors from UC Irvine and University of Chicago participate in a workshop by Professor Namiko Kunimoto
Professor Bert Winther-Tamaki (University of California, Irvine) and Professor Thomas LaMarre (University of Chicago) traveled to Ohio State to participate in a workshop for Namiko Kunimoto's book…

PhD Candidate Lauren Caskey Conducts Research at the Art Institute of Chicago
PhD Candidate Lauren Caskey recounts her recent trip to Chicago to conduct dissertation research:
"As I entered the Contemporary Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago, I saw Alma Thomas…

Professor Namiko Kunimoto Publishes New Article in the Review of Japanese Culture and Society
Professor Namiko Kunimoto has a new publication: "Olympic Labor and Displacement: Babel and Its Towers." in the Review of Japanese Culture and Society.

Maika Kagawa Bahr Receives Graduate Teaching Award
The department congratulates graduate student Maika Kagawa Bahr for receiving the Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA). This award is Ohio State’s highest recognition of the exceptional…

History of Art students collaborate on MFA Virtual Catalogue
Seven PhD students and one undergraduate student from the History of Art department collaborated with the eight artists exhibiting their work at OSU’s Urban Arts Space as part of the MFA Thesis…

PhD Candidate Keyu Yan Presents at the Global Asias Annual Conference
On February 22, PhD Candidate Keyu Yan presented a paper entitled “Remaking Spaces: Agency and Queerness in the Art of Tseng Kwong Chi (1950-1990)” for the panel “Spaces” at this year's …

PhD Candidate Allie Mickle Presents at College Art Association Conference
PhD Candidate Allie Mickle presented her paper, "Aesthetic Kitsch as Global Commodity in Mika Rottenberg's Cosmic Generator" at this year's College Art Association conference in Chicago, Illinois…