# UCLA Art History Dept Colloquium featuring Tiffany Barber, Jan. 28

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Professor **Tiffany Barber** will give a department colloquium on **Wednesday, January 28, 2026** at **1 PM in Dodd 275.**

In this talk entitled **“Contemporary Black Women’s Art, Antiquity, and the Liquid Turn,”**Professor Barber will share new work that considers how contemporary Black women artists, namely Kara Walker and Simone Leigh, sculpt funerary forms typically associated with antiquity such as the sphinx and the face jug as grave markers for Western imperialism.

An RSVP is requested for a paper that will be circulated in advance of the talk.  For more details, check out the events page [here](https://arthistory.ucla.edu/event/ucla-department-of-art-history-colloquium-with-tiffany-barber-jan-28/).