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Art Conservation on the Radio!

Jan 18, 2018

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Partnering to bring artworks back to life

Nov 28, 2017

The National Gallery of Canada and the Art Conservation program at Queen's University are partnering to bring works of art back to life!

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Art History Professor SSHRC Recipient

Nov 16, 2017

Congratulations! Art History Professor Allison Morehead has received a SSHRC Insight Grant for $159,000 for her project entitled, Edvard Munch, Modernism, and Medicine.

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Norman Vorano awarded Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship

Nov 14, 2017

Art History professor Norman Vorano has been named as one of only five recipients of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation Fellowship! Read about Dr. Vorano's work and award in the Queen's Gazette.

Congratulations to Art History Ph.D candidates Sarah Alford and Brendan Cull for their recent publications!

Two new publications by Art History Graduate Students

Nov 09, 2017

Congratulations to Art History Ph.D. candidates Sarah Alford and Brendan Cull for their recent publications!

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Closer to Van Eyck' Enhancements Released

Nov 08, 2017

Queen's Art History's own Ron Spronk helped to spearhead this exciting web project, which showcases high resolution, detailed images from Van Eyck's Ghent Alterpiece

Rosaleen Hill part of research group to receive $400K in conservation funding

Aug 21, 2017

Otto Naumann Receives Honourary Degree

Jun 11, 2017

As Queen’s continues to celebrate its Spring Convocation, the university presented an honorary degree to Otto Naumann, the leading name in Old Master paintings in North America, on Tuesday, June 6.

In Memoriam: Allison Sherman

May 20, 2017

The Department of Art History and Art Conservation mourns the loss of our colleague Dr. Allison Morgan Sherman, who passed away on 26 April 2017 after a courageous and spirited battle with cancer.

Fellows Pierre Du Prey (2002), Joan M. Schwartz (2016), and Gauvin Alexander Bailey (2013), and Member of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, Una D’Elia (2014).

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Dec 14, 2016

With the induction of Professor and Head, Joan M Schwartz as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the Department now has more faculty in the RSC than any other Art History department in Canada.

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A look at Convocation 2016