History of art faculty in the news
Art history made national headlines last year when president Obama made an off-the-cuff remark at a GE plant, saying that "folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." (He later apologized, saying that he was making a point about the jobs market, not the value of art history.)
U-M art history faculty have also been in the news of late. Whether they are talking about the future of the Detroit Institute of Arts or providing context on the history of cartoons and Islam, our faculties' insights exemplify the value of art history and its role in helping us understand the world in which we live.
Click on the links below to read the articles.
Matthew Biro
Nachiket Chanchani
Christiane Gruber
- Fighting ISIS With A Pen
- Ignored and Unreported, Muslim Cartoonists Are Poking Fun at ISIS
- Reclaiming the Prophet Muhammad in Iran
- Prophet Image at U.S. Supreme Court Shows Taboos Aren’t Eternal
- V&A in row over self-censorship after Muhammad image is taken down
- Picturing Muhammad
- The Prophet Muhammad Was Once Glorified In Art
- You can't draw Muhammad — unless you're one of many Muslim artists who did
- Dans quelles conditions l'islam autorise-t-il la représentation du Prophète ?
- Have pictures of Muhammad always been forbidden?
- Prophet Muhammad images draw varied reactions within Muslim community
- Newsweek Arabic
- Drawing the prophet: Islam’s hidden history of Muhammad images
- The Koran Does Not Forbid Images of the Prophet
- #WorldBrief with @CaroMT
- Depictions of Muhammad After Charlie Hebdo
Joan Kee
- Park Seo-bo: ‘Role of Art Is To Make People Worry’
- More than brand names and biennial favourites: For many Western collectors, the fair provides a chance to discover young Asian artists
- Korean artists featured in Frieze Art Fair London
Alex Potts
Martin Powers
Christopher Ratté
Jennifer Robertson
Ray Silverman
Art history made national headlines last year when president Obama made an off-the-cuff remark at a GE plant, saying that "folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." (He later apologized, saying that he was making a point about the jobs market, not the value of art history.)
U-M art history faculty have also been in the news of late. Whether they are talking about the future of the Detroit Institute of Arts or providing context on the history of cartoons and Islam, our faculties' insights exemplify the value of art history and its role in helping us understand the world in which we live.
Click on the links below to read the articles.
Matthew Biro
Nachiket Chanchani
Christiane Gruber
- Fighting ISIS With A Pen
- Ignored and Unreported, Muslim Cartoonists Are Poking Fun at ISIS
- Reclaiming the Prophet Muhammad in Iran
- Prophet Image at U.S. Supreme Court Shows Taboos Aren’t Eternal
- V&A in row over self-censorship after Muhammad image is taken down
- Picturing Muhammad
- The Prophet Muhammad Was Once Glorified In Art
- You can't draw Muhammad — unless you're one of many Muslim artists who did
- Dans quelles conditions l'islam autorise-t-il la représentation du Prophète ?
- Have pictures of Muhammad always been forbidden?
- Prophet Muhammad images draw varied reactions within Muslim community
- Newsweek Arabic
- Drawing the prophet: Islam’s hidden history of Muhammad images
- The Koran Does Not Forbid Images of the Prophet
- #WorldBrief with @CaroMT
- Depictions of Muhammad After Charlie Hebdo
Joan Kee
- Park Seo-bo: ‘Role of Art Is To Make People Worry’
- More than brand names and biennial favourites: For many Western collectors, the fair provides a chance to discover young Asian artists
- Korean artists featured in Frieze Art Fair London
Alex Potts
Martin Powers
Christopher Ratté
Jennifer Robertson
Ray Silverman
- Retiring DIA director lauded for museum’s progress
- Detroit watches as Delaware Art Museum sells pieces to repay debts
