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“It is a huge honor to assume the role of chair for the department of art and to continue working alongside the amazing UCLA Arts community,” said Catherine Opie, UCLA’s Lynda and Stewart Resnick Professor of Art. Avishay Artsy |
June 29, 2021
Catherine Opie, UCLA’s Lynda and Stewart Resnick Professor of Art, has been appointed chair of the UCLA Department of Art. The world-renowned photographer begins the new post on Sept. 1. Opie’s appointment comes after nearly four years of service by artist and professor Andrea Fraser.
“It is a huge honor to assume the role of chair for the department of art and to continue working alongside the amazing UCLA Arts community,” Opie said. “I have been associated with the department for 25 years 20 of those as a tenured faculty member and I cannot imagine a more critical or optimistic time to be leading the department forward.”