The Department of Art History & Art Conservation remembers Isabel Bader (LLD '07), who passed away on Sunday. Along with her late husband, Alfred Bader, Isabel was known for her generosity to the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ community. Their Bader Collection -- a donation of over 500 artworks -- included four paintings by Rembrandt, and the Bader name graces the College at Herstmonceux Castle, and Kingston's waterfront Centre for the Performing Arts.
In our latest Summer Research Postcard, we connect with Art History student Charlotte Beyries, whose work alongside Prof. Joan Schwartz focuses on the practice of photography in Canada:
Union Gallery has opened its current exhibition, , on until September 17, 2022 at the Gallery's Main Space and Projection Room, and the Tett Centre's Community Wall.
For the Fall and Winter Terms 2022-23, Arts and Science Online is seeking Teaching Assistants to support ARTH 250: Art, Society, and Culture. For information about these courses, see .
Apply in writing with a cover letter and CV to art.history@queensu.ca. Applications must be received by Friday, August 5, 2022. Please see the full description linked below:
This special edition of our Summer Research Postcards features Jenna Simeonov, the Department's Communications & Office Assistant, who shares some highlights from her recent trip to Slovenia and Croatia:
The has inducted Dr. Joan M. Schwartz, ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Art History Professor and Leverhulme Visiting Professor at the Centre for GeoHumanities, Royal Holloway, University of London, as its newest 2022 ACA Fellow.
Our Research Postcards series heads next to New York City, as we check in with M.A. candidate Cicely Haggerty and her archival research on the A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn:
Ian Hodkinson, founder of ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥'s Art Conservation program, has been . Alongside ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ alumna Moira Hutchinson (Arts'64, M.A.'68) and ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ supporter R. Jamie Anderson, Hodkinson was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada in recognition of "his pioneering and extensive contributions to the preservation and conservation of Canada's cultural heritage."
Next in our series of Research Postcards is a glimpse of Paris, France, where M.A. candidate Ben Pulver is researching pre-Internet telecommunications art:
