The Williams Graduate Program in the History of Art provides exemplary preparation for careers in the academy, museums, and associated fields. Our graduates credit their time here as a defining scholarly and professional experience.
Our student body varies widely in age, experience, background, and nationality. We welcome applicants from outside the field of the history of art. The application deadline is January 3, 2019.
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Robert Sterling Clark Professor Julia Bryan-Wilson presents “Louise Nevelson: Modernist Drag.” This talk investigates the work of sculptor Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), in particular her all-black wood-based reliefs—a formal idiom she pursued for decades—to argue for a politics of queer commitment, …
4/16
Mellon Decade Fellow Philippe Cordez presents “The Art of Commodities: Medieval Venice.” Since the twelfth century, Europe has seen a steady increase of highly specialized objects produced in large quantities, involving a variety of materials, techniques, ornaments, images, and functions, …
4/23
Mel Y. Chen presents “Arts of Agitation” Description to follow. Tuesday, April 23, 2019 5:30pm Manton Auditorium
The Clark Appoints Caroline Fowler Associate Director of Research and Academic Program
Robert Wiesenberger Named Associate Curator of Contemporary Projects
Clark Art Institute Names Anne Leonard as Manton Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Julia Bryan-Wilson and Mel Chen to serve jointly as Robert Sterling Clark Professors for 2018-2019