Maggie Borowitz

Maggie Borowitz studies modern and contemporary Latin American art. Her research focuses on the relationship between art and politics in the late twentieth century, with special emphasis on feminist practices in Mexico. She teaches courses that explore the art and architecture of Latin America from the pre-colonial period to the present and that engage with theories of feminism, gender, and sexuality.

She is at work on a book manuscript entitled “Magali Lara: Feminist Artistic Tactics and the Mexican 1980s,” which explores the drawings, prints, and paintings of Magali Lara (b. Mexico City, 1956). Considering Lara’s practice amid an era characterized by ecological and economic crises, neoliberal reforms, deep distrust of the Mexican State, and the rise of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo’s cult status, the project asks: what did it mean to be a woman artist in Mexico in the 1980s?

Dr. Borowitz’s research has been supported by the Franke Institute for the Humanities, the Mellon Foundation, and a Fulbright-Hays DDRA Fellowship. Her writing has recently been published in ARTMargins and Art Journal.

• PhD in Art History, University of Chicago
• MA in Art History, University of Chicago
• BA in Anthropology, University of Chicago

ARTH 140: Introduction to the Art and Architecture of the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas

ARTH 470: Contemporary Art

ARTH 105N: Pictures and Power

ARTH 462: Studies in Latin American Art

ISLAA Writer in Residence (2023)

Franke Institute for the Humanities Non-Residential Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2021–22)

Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship (2022–22)

Chicago Objects Study Initiative Mellon Curatorial Writing Fellowship (2019–20)

Department of Art History welcomes new faculty