News

News

New Art Conservation-Classics exhibition to go up at Kingston City Hall

Mar 16, 2023

Starting April 5, 2023, the new exhibition Antiquities Through Modern Eyes is presented at Kingston City Hall.

Gallery: Pamela H. Smith's hands-on workshop with Art History and Art Conservation grad students

Mar 09, 2023

From March 2-3, 2023, the Department of Art History and Art Conservation welcomed Pamela H. Smith, Seth Low Professor of History and Director of the Center for Science and Society at Columbia University, for a weekend of events co-sponsored with the Department of History.

New immersive undergraduate course offered jointly by Departments of History and Art History & Art Conservation

Feb 24, 2023

The Departments of History and Art History & Art Conservation are jointly offering a new, immersive course available to undergraduate students in the 2023 Summer Term: From Confinement to Cultural Heritage: Digital Preservation and the History of Kingston Penitentiary.

Art History DSC recruiting volunteers

Jan 16, 2023

Through January 22, 2023, 4:00pm, the Art History DSC is accepting applications for multiple volunteer positions.

Art History students co-curate virtual exhibition

Jan 13, 2023

Co-curated by students in Professor Una D'Elia's fall 2022 seminar, Sculptures on Stage: The Drama of Devotion in the Italian Renaissance has just been published as a virtual exhibition. 

Congratulations to Prof. Joan Schwartz on her retirement!

Dr. Norman Vorano - Dec 21, 2022

The Department of Art History and Art Conservation offers its warmest wishes and congratulations to Professor Joan Schwartz upon her retirement on December 31, 2022. 

Professor Emeritus J. C. Heywood (1941-2022), master printmaker, painter, and mentor to countless artists during his 32 years at Queen’s

Prof. Emeritus Pierre du Prey - Dec 13, 2022

His gifts as a born communicator together with his great generosity of spirit endeared him to colleagues and aspiring artists at Queen's.

Accomplished Art History alumnae: MaryClaire Pappas and Casey Lee

Dec 01, 2022

Accomplished alumnae: MaryClaire Pappas (Ph.D. '22) has joined the Museum of Modern Art as the Louise Bourgeois Works on Paper Intern, focusing on early 20th-century Swedish art.

Art History graduate students tour Canadian Museum of History vaults

Dec 01, 2022

 Art History Graduate Students Cicely Haggerty and Anna Douglas toured the vaults at the Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, as part of the graduate seminar ARTH 876, Studies in Curatorial Practice and Cultural Policy.

Prof. Juliana Bevilacqua leads museum professions training sessions in Nigeria

Dec 01, 2022

This month in Lagos, Nigeria, Art History Professor Juliana Bevilacqua led a training session for museum professionals, sponsored by the International Council for Museums (ICOM), the Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art, the Pan-Atlantic University, and ICOM Nigeria.

Queen's Art History faculty contribute to recent two-volume Cambridge University Press publication

Dec 01, 2022

Out of 103 essay writers, these three Queen's Art History professors represent the highest number of contributors from a single institution

Prof. Cathleen Hoeniger lectures on the preservation of Italy's early churches

Nov 10, 2022

Titled "The Struggle to Preserve Italy’s Early Churches during World War Two", Prof. Hoeniger focuses on the preservation process of specific churches, including establishing anti-aerial protection for the buildings and their art.