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Darby English is the Carl Darling Buck Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Chicago. He has been a member of the faculty since 2003 and has received the University’s Llewellyn John Harriet Manchester Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in 2010. In addition to his main focus on Art History, he is also affiliated with the Department of Visual Arts and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University. His work has included a position as Adjunct Curator for the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from 2014 to 2020, where he concentrated on collection acquisitions and research. His current research focuses on Noah Purifoy and the artistic responses to the social contexts of 1960s America. English has published multiple significant texts, including monographs and co-edited volumes that explore intersections of art, race, and modernity. He has been recognized with numerous fellowships and awards for his contributions to the field and continues to contribute to art history literature and exhibitions.
Department of Philosophy