Alpesh has been appointed coeditor of the Rethinking Art’s Histories book series, through the University of Manchester press. You can read the official announcement here:
News from the Art History Department at Tyler School of Art and Architecture
Month: April 2026
Hylton interview in CAA News as he takes on the role of Art Journal‘s new Reviews Editor can be found here: https://www.collegeart.org/news/2026/03/17/member-spotlight-meet-new-art-journal-reviews-editor-richard-hylton/
Find out what he plans to do in the role!
Emma presented the paper “Isabella Piccini: A Nun-Printmaker in 17th-Century Venice” in the panel titled ‘Women in Print before 1800.’ This paper stemmed from Emma’s Research Fellowship with Save Venice Inc. where she supported the Women Artists of Venice initiative, which seeks to recover the history of female artists in early modern Venice and the Veneto. Noah presented the paper “Claiming Independence/Claiming Columbus” in the session titled ‘Unstable Monuments: Nation, States, Spaces, and Conflicts in Public Sculpture 1811-1947.’ His paper stemmed from his Ph.D. dissertation, which he defended the week prior.
We’re proud that a number of Tyler Art History students presented at the 8th Annual SUNY New Paltz Undergraduate Art History Symposium, which took place April 8–12, 2026. Congratulations to these undergraduates for representing our department with such a strong showing!
Griffin Cutler (BA ’26)
“Tough Act to Follow: The Access Behind Albrecht Dürer’s Self Portraits”
Molly Melissen (BA ’25)
“Ọ̀ṣun to La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre: Cross-Cultural Reflections on Iconography”
Alexis Rago (BA ’26)
“What is it?: Proletariat Photographic Arts in the Soviet Union and Japan”
Jay DaCruz (BA ’27)
“Constructions of Empire: Maximilian I’s Monumental Arch on Paper”
Mahsa presented her paper, “Writing as Preservation: Remembering the Lost Life of Toopkhaneh Square” at Sohbat: Third Biennial Yale University Graduate Symposium on Islamic Art and Architecture.