Overview
Julia K. McHugh, Ph.D., is the Trent A. Carmichael Director of Academic Initiatives and Curator of Arts of the Americas at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. In this position, she oversees the museum's holdings of ancient and colonial art from across the Americas and develops exhibitions and interdisciplinary collaborations with Duke faculty, students, and staff. She also serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art History and directs the Museum Theory and Practice concentration. McHugh specializes in ancient and colonial Peruvian art and earned her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to the Nasher, she was the Douglass Foundation Fellow in American Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Research Assistant at the Getty Research Institute, where she assisted with the production of Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas, a major exhibition of Pre-Columbian art. She has also held positions in the curatorial and education departments of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
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2019 - Present
Art, Art History & Visual Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
Re-Imagining the Collection Through Medical Imaging: Collaboration Between Radiology and the Museum
Journal Article Curator · January 1, 2025 Since the 1950s, radiography has been a tool used in the scientific analysis of artworks of diverse media. For ceramics, this non-destructive process allows interior views of vessels, giving insight into material composition, artistic practice, and origina ... Full text CiteCloth Making and Meaning in the Viceregal Americas
Chapter · June 21, 2022 Catalog for Blanton Museum of Art exhibition running October 31, 2021 to January 9, 2022 ... CiteAndean Textiles in Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Internet Publication · June 25, 2020 Link to item CiteEducation, Training & Certifications
University of California, Los Angeles ·
2017
Ph.D.