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
Author: Jane Evans
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.
Beatrice presented her paper, “Je Me Souviens: An Evolving Public Memory on the École Polytechnique Massacre, as Shown Through the Place du 6-Décembre-1989” at the University of Virginia Department of Art’s Graduate Symposium, One & Done: Single Object Studies” on March 26, 2026.
Molly’s paper was awarded the runner-up prize for the best paper on American history at the 31st Annual James A. Barnes Graduate History Conference at Temple University, one of the largest and longest running graduate student conferences in the region, drawing participants from across the nation and around the world.
Brittany’s talk, “Reconstructing Seventeenth-Century Artist Networks Using Dutch Blue Paper,” comes from her research on her dissertation, and was developed with a mini-grant from the Office of the Vice-Provost for Research. Brittany will be presenting between 12″05 and 12:45 on April 10.
You can find out all about Erin’s research from a podcast through the Sirius Studios in NYC.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gilded-gentleman/id1595160782?i=1000755696095
Claire will be an intern in the Prints and Drawings Department of the Princeton University Art Museum this summer. Claire is researching Northern Renaissance prints, and so is looking forward to working with the curators at the Princeton University Museum.
