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The African American Studies department will officially change its name to the Black Studies department in the next few months pending final approval by Northwestern’s Board of Trustees, according to a Thursday news release. The department’s new title aims to better reflect “the breadth of its scholarship and teaching,” according to the formal name change...
The Helen Frankenthaler Foundation announced ten new recipients of its Frankenthaler Prints Initiative, an ongoing program for university-affiliated art museums that reflects the Foundation's commitment to supporting undergraduate and graduate education in the visual arts and art history.
Erin Northington did not spend much time in art museums growing up — she originally thought she would become a doctor. Now, she’s the head of the engagement department at the Block Museum of Art. It was only after enrolling in an introductory art history course at the University of California, Berkeley, to fill a...
The institutions that won the fair's Northern Trust Purchase Prize selected artwork by artists Mohau Modisakeng, Wole Lagunju and Claudia Peña Salinas for their permanent collections