The Wolfsonian–Florida International University is pleased to announce the nomination of Jon Mogul as chairman of the Association of Research Institutes in Art History (ARIAH), the international consortium which comprises twenty-two member institutions.
“We are extremely pleased with Jon’s recent nomination and achievement,” says Cathy Leff, The Wolfsonian’s director. “The Wolfsonian has been an active member of this prestigious international association for approximately ten years and we are honored that they have distinguished one of our colleagues and the museum in such a significant way.”
Mogul is The Wolfsonian’s Andrew W. Mellon Foundation academic programs coordinator, a position created in 2009, as well as senior editor of the Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts. Prior to his position as academic programs coordinator, he worked at the museum as fellowship coordinator and curatorial research associate. He holds a Ph.D. in History, with a specialization in modern Russia, from the University of Michigan.
Mogul has been the museum representative of ARIAH since 2004 and will be installed at the organization’s next meeting, which takes place at the Frick Collection and Art Reference Library in February. During his three-year term, he will organize and chair the group’s meetings as well as facilitate the exchange of information. Mogul notes that during his time as chair he hopes ARIAH can be instrumental in addressing one of the particular challenges that art historians face, namely the difficulty and expense involved in obtaining licenses to reproduce images, an issue of ever-growing concern during this time of reduced funding. “I hope ARIAH can advocate for those researchers both within the museum world and beyond. This issue is particularly challenging for art history and related fields because it’s often quite expensive to show even a small number of images,” he explains.
The mission of ARIAH is to support new initiatives that promote art historical research throughout the world. The Wolfsonian’s Fellowship Program, established in 1995, promotes scholarly research on the collection and awards annual fellowships for full-time research at the museum, including a stipend, accommodations, and travel. The Wolfsonian has been an active member of ARIAH since the mid-1990s and is currently the only member south of Washington, D.C. and east of Mexico City. Each of the twenty-two member institutions offers fellowship opportunities for advanced research in the history of art and related disciplines.
Members of ARIAH include the American Academy in Rome; the American Antiquarian Society; Amon Carter Museum; Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution; Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art; Center for the Study of Modern Art; Centre Canadien d’Architecture/Canadian Centre for Architecture; Clark Art Institute; Dumbarton Oaks; Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian; the Frick Collection and Art Reference Library; Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center; the Getty Research Institute; Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas; the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; National Gallery of Canada/Musée des beaux-arts du Canada; Smithsonian American Art Museum Art; Villa I Tatti; Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library; and the Yale Center for British Art.
Each fall ARIAH holds its meeting at one of the member institutions; past meetings have been held at Harvard’s Villa I Tatti in Florence, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington, and the Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas in Mexico City.