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Richard J. Powell

Richard J. Powell

John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
richard.powell@duke.edu
Box 90766, Durham, NC 27708
114 Buchanan Blvd, Smith Warehouse, Bay 9, A287C, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors

Elected Member (APS)

Other American Philosophical Society · 2021 More about this award

Edmund J. Safra Visiting Professorship

Other Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. · February 2019

Membership

Scholarly Society American Academy of Arts and Sciences · October 2018 Area: Humanities and Arts; Specialty: Visual Arts More about this award

James S. Ackerman Scholar in Residence

International American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy · October 2017

Spirit of the Center Award

National Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts+Culture, Charlotte, NC · December 2016

Chercheur invite

International Institut national d'histoire de l'art, Paris, France · September 2016

Distinguished Scholar Session

National College Art Association · February 2016

Lawrence A. Fleischman Award for Scholarly excellence in the Field of American Art History

National Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution · October 2013

Ph.D. Lab in Digital Knowledge Affiliated Faculty

Other John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute · December 2012

Acadia Summer Art Program Residency, Mount Desert Island, ME

National Fabric Workshop and Museum · July 2012

James A. Porter Award for Excellence in African American Art Scholarship

National Howard University · April 2012

Wilbur Cross Medal for Distinguished Alumni

National Yale University · October 2009

Ford Foundation Fellowships/Postdoctoral

National National Academies · 1995

Fellow

National National Humanities Center · 1995

Fellowships for University Teachers

National National Endowment for the Humanities · 1992

Ford Foundation Fellowships/Dissertaton

National National Academies · 1986

In the News

Published October 25, 2023
Richard Powell Helps Revive the Legacy of Model Donyale Luna
Published October 20, 2023
National Humanities Center Fellowships for Projects on Buddhism, Color Theory
Published February 23, 2021
Richard Powell on Where Black Art Goes From Here
Published December 2, 2020
Richard Powell on the Rich Tradition of Black Visual Satire
Published November 16, 2020
Two New Books by Art, Art History & Visual Studies Faculty
Published August 23, 2018
Richard Powell: Words for New Graduate and Professional Students
Published April 18, 2018
Four Faculty Members Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Published January 5, 2017
Prominent Archibald Motley Painting Donated to Nasher Museum
Published December 10, 2015
A look at ‘Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist’ exhibit with curator Richard Powell
Published November 10, 2015
Powell Honored by College Art Association
Published September 30, 2015
Archibald Motley, the painter who captured black America in the Jazz Age and beyond
Published August 31, 2015
Archives Alive: Students Dive Into the Rubenstein
Published August 1, 2014
Art Historian Richard J. Powell Appointed Dean of the Humanities
Published June 11, 2014
Using the Archibald Motley Exhibit in Duke Classes
Published March 5, 2014
A walk through the Nasher: Chicago’s often forgotten role in African-American art
Published January 30, 2014
Nasher Museum of Art exhibit: Jazz modernist documents Chicago's jazz renaissance
Published November 18, 2013
Nasher to present 'Jazz Age' exhibit
Published November 18, 2013
Editorial: Nasher's national mark