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Stanford alum Jackie Summel (MFA '04) was recently awarded the 2024 Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts.

The Board of Trustees of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation announced today their appointment of 188 Guggenheim…

With this installation, Bay Area-based artist and Stanford MFA art practice candidate Yunfei Ren (b. 1987, Wuhan, China) creates a “portal” between the past and present, commemorating the more than 300,000 Chinese immigrants who endured the weeks…

David Cateforis, who earned his Ph.D. (1992) and M.A. (1988) in Art History from Stanford, has been recognized for his textbook 'Modern Art: A Global Survey from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to the Present,' receiving the 2024 Most Promising New…

The New-York Historical Society, the oldest museum in New York City, named Wendy Nalani E. Ikemoto as its chief curator and vice president in January. Ms. Ikemoto is one of the first people of Indigenous descent to lead curators at a major museum…

Five first-year MFA students re-contextualized and reshaped history in their showcase “&,” curated by Associate Photography Professor Jonathan Calm.​ The showcase’s artwork — which will be on display at the Coulter Art Gallery until March 15…