Department of Art and Archaeology

News

Two women examine large works that cover a wall.
Rachel Saunders and ART 526 Visit Harvard Art Museums
May 8, 2025
A&A Faculty Awarded 250th Anniversary Fund for Innovation in Undergraduate Education
May 7, 2025
Four people examine a wooden printing block with magnifying glasses.
2025 Robert Janson-La Palme *76 Visiting Professor Susan Dackerman Reexamines the History of Print
May 7, 2025
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Molyvoti, Thrace, Archaeological Project Team Convenes in Princeton
May 2, 2025
Portrait of Will Pedrick
American Academy in Rome Honors A&A Graduate Student William Pedrick with 2025–2026 Rome Prize
April 23, 2025
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Workshop Situates Women in the Chinese Calligraphy Practice— and A&A in its Scholarship
April 23, 2025
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The GradFUTURES Forum Empowers Graduate Students in the Humanities
April 18, 2025
Photograph of a woman holding up a sign and a flag.
A&A Alumni among 2025 Guggenheim Fellows
April 17, 2025
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Student Focus

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Reading Body Parts in “ABCDEFG HIJKLMNOP QRSTUVWXYZ” by Dana Corbo ’25
May 1, 2025
Chains are visible at various depths in a large room with white walls and a black floor.
"Metalogue" by Sophie Main ’25: a Conversation in Chains
April 9, 2025
A woman stands in front of a paper sculpture hanging from the ceiling.
"Immortality," Audrey Zhang’s ’25 Good Wish for the Future
March 28, 2025
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Featured Events
Dead Birds, or, How to Make a Picture Come to Life
A&A Reunions Lecture
May 23, 2025, 11:00 am
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A&A Lecture Series
Oct 2, 2025, 4:30 pm
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A&A Lecture Series
Nov 6, 2025, 4:30 pm
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Recent Publications

Rudolf II: The Life and Legend of the Mad Emperor
Thomas Kaufmann
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Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists and Critics
Hal Foster
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Visualizing Christ’s Miracles in Late Byzantium Art, Theology, and Court Culture
Maria Rossi
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Art, Power, and Resistance in the Middle Ages
Pamela Patton
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