Margo Lakin, Trinity Communications Inspiration has a way of popping up in unexpected places. Sometimes, it begins by simply noticing something others have overlooked. For Lauren Puckett, manager for the Art, Art History and Visual Studies
Reflecting back on 2023-2024, we have much to be grateful for and celebrate even while we also were faced with difficult moments. Above all, we said goodbye to our long-time colleague, Prof. Hans Van Miegroet, who died suddenly in February.…
The Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies has three distinct parts: Visual Arts, Art History and Visual & Media Studies. But all of our faculty and students – undergraduate and graduate alike – are engaged in international researc…
The Department of Art, Art History and Visual Studies (AAHVS) recognizes that visual literacy plays an increasingly important role in negotiating contemporary society. Art, architecture, mass media (television, video, film, internet), and u…
The mission of the undergraduate program in the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies is to provide students with an historical and interdisciplinary understanding of art works, visual experience, and material objects, drawing on
A richly illustrated account of how premodern botanical illustrations document evolving knowledge about plants and the ways they were studied in the past. This book traces the history of botanical illustration in the Mediterranean from anti…
Computational Media, Arts & Cultures represents a collection of related activities at Duke University. Originating in the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies and the Mellon-supported Visual Studies Initiative, CMAC has evolved t…
A micro alternative space for exhibition, installation and vending created by Art, Art History & Visual Studies Lecturing Fellow Bill Fick. Currently on View:Get Out The Vote posters by Durham activist organization Voting Arts Lab. "Voting
The interdisciplinary, interdepartmental Ph.D. program in Computational Media, Arts & Cultures (CMAC) is meant to be small, experimental, and interdisciplinary. Its focus is on the intersection of media arts and humanities, sciences, and te…
For students interested in pursuing a museum career our department offers a B.A. degree in Art History that focuses on museum theory and practice. This concentration includes thirteen courses in museum theory, curatorial practice, and objec…
Commercial art is more than just mass-produced publicity; it constructs social and political ideologies that impact the public’s everyday life. In The Fine Art of Persuasion, Gennifer Weisenfeld examines the evolution of Japanese advertisin…
Fall admissions onlyThe application deadline for Fall 2026 admission closes on December 11, 2025.The GRE is optional for prospective students applying to the Art History & Visual Culture Ph.D. program Students must have distinguished underg…