by Glenn Willumson, author of Iron Muse: Photographing the Transcontinental Railroad The photographs of the transcontinental railroad first came to my attention over thirty years ago, when I was a graduate student …
Read More >Like millions of people across the world yesterday, we at UC Press were shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the fire that ravaged Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. A UNESCO World Heritage …
Read More >Art historian and professor Joan Kee will be appearing at two events in Southern California later this month around the recent publication of her book, Models of Integrity: Art and Law in …
Read More >The Kraszna-Krausz Foundation announced the long and shortlisted titles in the running for its 2019 Photography Book Award and Moving Image Book Award, and we are exceptionally pleased to see William Kentridge: …
Read More >Tomorrow is Slow Art Day. We encourage participation, but even if it’s not this weekend, the next time you’re in a museum set yourself the challenge of looking slowly—spend 5 to 10 …
Read More >University of California Press is pleased to announce that the new issue of Afterimage—the first to be published by UC Press—is now available at afterimage.ucpress.edu. To celebrate the journal’s move to UC Press, the …
Read More >Throughout March, UC Press has shared a broad range of Women’s History Month posts—highlighting our rich record of publishing stories of women from throughout history, between disciplines, and across borders. We’re closing …
Read More >Since 2016, the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) has been asking the seemingly simple question on social media during Women’s History Month: Can you name 5 women artists? Most people …
Read More >March is Women’s History Month, and we here at UC Press are proud to share our rich record of publishing stories of women from throughout history, between disciplines, and across borders. Please …
Read More >“Art has its tradition, but it is a visual heritage. The artist’s language is the memory from sight. Art is made from dreams, and visions, and things not known, and least of …
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