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“Michael Rakowitz: Nimrud,” the Wellin Museum of Art’s exhibition that opened in October, focuses on the loss of Iraq’s art and cultural wealth via colonization, archaeological exploration, and war. The exhibit focuses on the re-creation of Room H of the Northwest Palace of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud (Kalhu), constructed between 883 and 859 BCE, first excavated between 1845 and 1851 and thought to have included nearly 200 rooms.

A recent afternoon celebration of Kevin ’70 and Karen Kennedy’s generosity and participation in American Art 1900-1950 offered all those involved, directly and tangentially, an opportunity to revisit the wealth of experiences incorporated in the course.

There is only one place that you could find a fashion runway, a flower crown display, and a coronavirus-themed collage all in one space — the Wellin Art Share.

The intersection of Hamilton’s introductory sociology course and the Wellin Museum’s spring exhibition resulted in student visual and audio projects that address social issues in unique ways.

The Wellin Museum of Art presents the exhibition SUM Artists: Visual Diagrams & Systems-Based Explorations from Feb. 15 through June 14, including 30 artists and artist collectives.

From questioning whether a coup should ever be labeled “good” to protesting recent immigration policies, opinions expressed by faculty appeared in major national publications via essays and letters to the editor throughout the year.

Students in the “From Collecting to Curating: American Art, 1900 to 1950” class taught by Associate Professor of Art Robert Knight and Michael Shapiro ’71, former museum director of the High Museum of Art, were tasked with making an acquisition pitch on behalf of the Wellin Museum.

Elias Sime, the artist whose exhibition Tightrope is on display at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, received the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art's 2019 African Art Award that recognizes "the best in contemporary African art" on Friday, Oct. 25, in Washington, D.C.

Karen Milbourne, curator at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African Art, will deliver the Roehrick Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 4:30 p.m., in the Wellin Museum of Art’s Overlook room.

In a letter with the headline Intellectual Diversity in College, Wippman discussed political polarization on campuses and the importance of “encouraging students to develop certain habits of mind, habits that include testing their ideas, searching for evidence and learning to construct, critique and defend arguments, all of which require thoughtful consideration of opposing viewpoints.”