Liberation Book Club 2025-26
This year-long program series hopes to honor the gallery’s commitment to social justice and to gather community to think about the work of liberation through shared texts, art, film, music, conversation, and workshops.

Monthly Digest – October 2025
This new monthly update complements our quarterly newsletter and is designed to keep students, faculty, staff and UW community informed and engaged with what’s happening in the School each month.

An Indian-American Artist’s Self in Pieces (Art Review)
John Yau of Hyperallergic provides a nuanced review of Sangram Majumdar's works in his solo exhibition, The Sleep of Reason, at Nathalie Karg Gallery in New York. The exhibition will remain on view until October 6, 2025.

Incoming Graduate Students 2025-2026
Introducing the graduate students starting the MFA, MDes, and Art History MA/PhD programs this fall.

Art Faculty Research + Exhibitions – Summer/Autumn 2025
Highlights include solo exhibitions at major galleries, a VIA Art Fund grant, residencies, and a curated show.

Three Tenure-Track Faculty Appointments
Amanda Lee, Leila Weefur and Akshaya Tankha have been appointed as assistant professors and will begin teaching in Autumn 2025.

ArtSci Roundup: September and October

Best 16 Seattle art exhibits to see this fall
The list includes Rob Rhee’s Crossing at the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Woven in Wool at Burke Museum (co-created by Professor in Art History Katie Bunn-Marcuse), and two exhibitions of Stefan Gonzales (MFA 2020): Unclassified Materials at Specialist and Quarry at The Vestibule.

Art History in the Digital Age
Last spring, Adair Rounthwaite, Professor of Art History, taught "Introduction to Digital Art History," a course in which students explored open data from art museums and cultural institutions. Check out a selection of student projects.

Sangram Majumdar: The Sleep of Reason
The Sleep of Reason is Majumdar's solo exhibition at Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York, on view from September 4 through October 6, 2025.