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UCP has a strong program Art program and several of our authors are participating in the 2022 virtual meeting of the California Art Association. Hear from our authors, check-out the latest titles from our art list, and connect with our Art Editor, Archna Patel.Sessions Featuring our Authors

Jointly organized by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the University of Maryland, the Association of Historians of American Art Biennial Symposium will celebrate the fortieth anniversary of AHAA (2019) and the fiftieth anniversary of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s preeminent fellowship

This post was written by Jessica Weiss and published on the University of Maryland website. It is reposted here with permission.Photo by Sarah Deragon.Through her teaching, research and beyond, Jordana Moore Saggese is working to undo the ‘colonialist and white supremacist logic’ that has pe

Explore our groundbreaking books that facilitate teaching across disciplines. To request an exam copy, click on “Request an Exam or Desk Copy” on the book page, and this will take you to our distributor's site where you can order your copy.The Jean-Michel Basquiat Reader: Writings, Inter

This guest post is part of our #CAA2021 conference series. Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) burst onto the art scene in the summer of 1980 as one of approximately one hundred artists exhibiting at the 1980 Times Square Show in New York City. By 1982, at the age of twenty-one, Basquiat had so

In this edition of our UC Press Editor Spotlight Series, we sat down with Art History Editor Archna Patel to discuss her vision for our Art list, how she’s supporting and responding to calls for social justice within the field, and how her love for the Lakers has helped her cope during the pandemic.