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[- #### Project co-led by Thiago Puglieri receives $330,000 Getty grant
UCLA art history professor, collaborators to train graduate students in community-engaged research Sean Brenner | March 3, 2026 UCLA’s Thiago Puglieri and investigators from two other institutions have received a...](https://arthistory.ucla.edu/news/project-co-led-by-thiago-puglieri-receives-330000-getty-grant/) [- #### 2026 Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture featuring David Schneller on Mar. 9
The UCLA Department of Art History proudly presents the 2026 Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture with featured speaker Professor David H. Schneller. Professor Schneller's talk, Bronze Sculpture, Made...](https://arthistory.ucla.edu/news/2026-patricia-mccarron-mcginn-lecture-featuring-david-schneller-on-mar-9/) [- #### Professor Lamia Balafrej appointed Tomás Harris professorship
Congratulations to Professor Lamia Balafrej who has been appointed the Tomás Harris professorship at UCL. In honor of this appointment, Professor Balafrej will be presenting a lecture...](https://arthistory.ucla.edu/news/professor-lamia-balafrej-appointed-tomas-harris-professorship/) [- #### New Art History courses coming in Spring 2026
The UCLA Department of Art History will offer two brand new courses this spring. AH 26 Technical Art History: Where the Humanities Meet the Physical Sciences...](https://arthistory.ucla.edu/news/new-art-history-courses-coming-in-spring-2026/) [- #### UCLA Art History Dept Colloquium featuring Tiffany Barber, Jan. 28
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,...](https://arthistory.ucla.edu/news/ucla-art-history-dept-colloquium-featuring-tiffany-barber-jan-28/) View All News
Mission Statement
The UCLA Department of Art History was one of the first in the United States to embrace a mission of comprehensive global coverage.
With this mission, the department has educated undergraduate and graduate students for decades with a broad-based understanding of art that comes from exposure to the artistic practices of a variety of “western” and “non-western” cultures through time and space.
With its requirements for study across the globe and for foreign language training above and beyond the college obligation, our department seeks to encourage students to question the art historical canon, to rethink the relationships between margins and centers, and to practice a socially and politically responsible art history.
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- [#### The Andean Working Group hosts Dr. Diane Favro, April 8th
The Architecture Working Group will host their next event on Wednesday, April 8, 2026 with guest speaker Dr. Diane Favro, UCLA Professor Emerita.](https://www.instagram.com/p/DWCIgNUlCbu/) View more on instagram 2. [#### AHUSA featured in the Daily Bruin
AHUSA, the Art History Undergraduate Student Association, has been featured in a new article in the Daily Bruin!](https://www.facebook.com/UclaArtHistory/posts/pfbid0S83quGDjiv3cnNx7BaxneH8t1fhNxBQnNCj74QPxiuiNyBozJJ1cT2W59B2JE38Fl) View more on facebook 3. [#### Thanks to Prof. Schneller for his McGinn Lecture
Last night, the UCLA Department of Art History held the annual Patricia McCarron McGinn Lecture at the Luskin Conference Center with featured speaker Professor David H. Schneller.](https://www.instagram.com/p/DVtkeYqGv1C/?img_index=1) View more on instagram