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Art history

Kathleen Oktavec Krepley

An artful eye

Published Spring 2021

An appreciation for art and a passion for medicine are second nature to ophthalmologist Kathleen Oktavec Krepley, A&S '06, SPH '10 (MHS). / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Ways of seeing

Published Spring 2019

As chief curator of the Baltimore Museum of Art, alum Asma Naeem thinks art can—and should—be used to tell a broader, more inclusive narrative of our shared history / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Excerpt of black and white Jorn photo shows a woman holding a rock and sticking out her tongue; her tongue is painted neon pink

History of Art

Student curators explore works of 1960s Danish artist

Published April 20, 2017

'Asger Jorn and CoBrA' exhibit opens April 26 on M Level of JHU's Milton S. Eisenhower Library

Mitchell Merback

Guggenheim Fellows

JHU art historian honored

Published April 7, 2016

Mitchell Merback among 178 scholars selected as Guggenheim Fellows from 3,000 applicants

Dean of fine arts

Published Fall 2015

Former Krieger School Dean Daniel Weiss is the new president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Johns Hopkins Magazine

The Met's main man

Published March 17, 2015

Former JHU student, faculty member Dan Weiss named president of Metropolitan Museum of Art / The New York Times

Grand exception

Published Spring 2015

Italian painter Artemisia Gentileschi was a rarity: a 17th-century successful woman / Johns Hopkins Magazine