From the eighteenth through the early twentieth century, Europe underwent a series of changes and upheavals, including industrialization and two World Wars. Artists responded to these enormous changes, some working within established artistic traditions, others rejecting artistic conventions to find new forms. Lehti Keelmann, UMMA’s Assistant Curator of Western Art and curator of the exhibition Europe on Paper: The Ernst Pulgram and Frances McSparran Collection (on view through January 29, 2017), will delve into these varied interpretations of Europe’s people and places, and particularly the expressive capacities of line to both depict and comment upon human experience.

Lead support for the exhibition Traces: Reconstructing the History of a Chokwe Mask is provided by the James and Vivian Curtis Endowment. Additional generous support is provided by the University of Michigan Center for the Education of Women's Frances and Sydney Lewis Visiting Leaders Fund and African Studies Center.