Best known for his pictures of Yosemite Valley and the nearby Mariposa Grove of giant sequoias, Carleton Watkins made his first trip there in 1861 just as the Civil War was beginning. …
Read More >by Kate Dempsey Martineau, author of Ray Johnson: Selective Inheritance I first learned about Ray Johnson through my internship at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin, Texas. Rebekah Morin, former curatorial …
Read More >Happy Ramadan! Celebrate with a look into the lives of thirty notable figures who shaped the world’s second-largest religion, from the Prophet Muhammad in the seventh century to the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed …
Read More >Chiura Obata was one of the most significant Japanese American artists of the twentieth century. Chiura Obata: An American Modern, is a major retrospective of his work with an extensive traveling schedule. Appropriately, …
Read More >Today on Memorial Day, we honor the people who have died while serving in the U.S. military. The selection below includes titles that share how our nation honors those who have served …
Read More >This is the second of two posts timed to coincide with the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association and designed to introduce the new journal, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture …
Read More >As scholars gather in Barcelona for the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, we are pleased to be introducing a new journal, Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture, which will …
Read More >Born in 1972, in protest of Bloody Sunday and the British occupation of Northern Ireland, Patrick Ireland was given a wake by his creator, Brian O’Doherty, in 2008. Today marks the 10th …
Read More >We’re delighted to announce that multiple UC Press titles have been both shortlisted and longlisted for the 2017 Kraszna-Krausz Foundation Book Awards. The Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards are the UK’s leading prizes for …
Read More >When we think of mothers and mother figures, we think of loving, protecting, supportive, devoted, strong, and independent women. Below are titles that showcase the independent spirit of the women who serve …
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