Art history made national headlines last year when president Obama made an off-the-cuff remark at a GE plant, saying that "folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." (He later apologized, saying that he was making a point about the jobs market, not the value of art history.)

U-M art history faculty have also been in the news of late. Whether they are talking about the future of the Detroit Institute of Arts or providing context on the history of cartoons and Islam, our faculties' insights exemplify the value of art history and its role in helping us understand the world in which we live.

Click on the links below to read the articles.

Matthew Biro

Nachiket Chanchani

Christiane Gruber

Joan Kee

Alex Potts

Martin Powers

Christopher Ratté

Jennifer Robertson

Ray Silverman

Art history made national headlines last year when president Obama made an off-the-cuff remark at a GE plant, saying that "folks can make a lot more potentially with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree." (He later apologized, saying that he was making a point about the jobs market, not the value of art history.)

U-M art history faculty have also been in the news of late. Whether they are talking about the future of the Detroit Institute of Arts or providing context on the history of cartoons and Islam, our faculties' insights exemplify the value of art history and its role in helping us understand the world in which we live.

Click on the links below to read the articles.

Matthew Biro

Nachiket Chanchani

Christiane Gruber

Joan Kee

Alex Potts

Martin Powers

Christopher Ratté

Jennifer Robertson

Ray Silverman