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The groundbreaking group show Aztlán: Tunel del Tiempo opened at the national galleries of the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and features works by Professor Beatriz Cortez.

Professor Beatriz Cortez and rafa esparza’s two-person exhibition La Rebelion de los Objetos (The Rebellion of the Objects) opened at Museo Anahuacalli in Mexico City on Feb. 3.

Professor Michael Yonan has contributed a chapter to a newly published book that examines the human-centered focus of art history and how modern art, visual culture, and modernity itself emerge from relationships between humans and animals. “Feline Creativity on the Eve of Modernity,” co-authored with Amy Freund, is published in Animal Modernities: Images, Objects, Histories, edited by Daniel Harkett and Katie Hornstein (Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2025). 

Congratulations to Nathan Henry who has been selected to the Yale Norfolk Summer Program!

Nathan was one of three art studio majors nominated by faculty for the  prestigious summer program which is one of the Undergraduate Winter Awards.

Justine Di Fiore (M.F.A. ‘23) will open her new solo show “Urgent Care” at Dreamsong gallery in Minneapolis on Mar. 21.

FalseFront will exhibit a solo show of new paintings by alum Noah Greene (M.F.A. ‘18). Greene’s idiosyncratic paintings are the result of scavenged 
material and durational exposure to the elements. 

Professor Heghnar Watenpaugh will present a public lecture at the National Institute of Oriental Languages ​​and Civilizations (INALCO) on Mar. 27 in Paris. Her talk on Survivor Objects and Captive Sites: Art and Cultural Heritage in Genocide will be the inaugural presentation for the International Master’s Program in Armenian Studies (IMAS) for which Watenpaugh is the 2025 IMAS Visiting Chair of Excellence. 

The Maria Manetti Shrem Institute for Sustainable Design, Fashion and Textiles hosted its first speaker in the Industry Seminar Series: Federico Marchetti on Feb. 4.

Professor Michael Yonan participated in a conference celebrating the role of women in the development of the Museo del Prado collection. “Key Women in the Creation of the Collections of the Museo del Prado: Elisabeth Farnese” explored the roll of Queen Elisabeth Farnese, the patron of the arts who most decisively contributed to giving shape to the Museo del Prado’s collections. This conference was the third edition of the symposium series titled Key Women in the Creation of the Collections of the Museo del Prado and was held on March 9 and 10.

Alum Vivian Li (B.A., art history ‘25) presented research conducted while studying at UC Davis at the annual Association for Asian Studies conference Poster Session. The conference was held in Vancouver, B.C., Canada March 12-15, 2026. Li’s research examined ”Cultural Coding of Color: A Comparative Study of Eastern and Western Perspectives and Modern Applications.” Her project was developed in coordination with Professor Katharine Burnett.