UC Press Blog

An exclusive look at Keren Rosa Hammerschlag's THE CHOSEN RACE with an intro by the author.

Author Sérgio B. Martins explains what the trajectory of Antonio Diaz's life and artwork reveals about the history of avant-gardism.

Author Namiko Kunimoto on how the work of transpacific contemporary artists exposes colonial trauma and the rise of aspirational fascism.

Author Andrea Horbinski talks about her manga and anime interests and why the first century of the most popular form of storytelling is vital for fans and non-fans to know.

The pressures facing influencers—like visibility, algorithmic anxiety, and self-branding—has spread to artists and creative workers navigating platform-dependent worlds.

Timed to coincide with the Society of Architectural Historian's 2025 virtual conference, we invite you to read JSAH 's current issue for free online.

Hagiography Society Article Prize-winner Dina Boero tells us about “stylites,” Christian saints who lived for years and even decades on top of columns.

"Latin American & Latinx Visual Culture" author Lucy O'Sullivan answers questions about her ALAA-acknowledged article on "Martyrdom in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction."

A closer look at the art featured in "A Handbook of Latinx Art," edited by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado and Deborah Cullen-Morales.

A fresh reexamination of Wayne Thiebaud as a self-described “art thief."