Topic: Arts

How Walt Whitman disguised his poems about male love—and how a UVA professor put it all together

Fredson Bowers discovered the original sequence of poems to reveal a more vulnerable side to America’s poet.

Singular Sensation

Alumnus brought his Broadway talents to Charlottesville to direct and choreograph A Chorus Line

Alumnus brought his Broadway talents to Charlottesville to direct and choreograph A Chorus Line.

Selling Pablo to Pay for Pollock

An art exhibit devoted to Samuel Kootz: agent to Picasso, friend to expressionism

The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA is paying homage to world-famous art dealer Samuel Kootz (Law 1921) in an exhibition called “Dealer’s Choice: The Samuel Kootz Gallery 1945–1966,” which examines the role he played in the establishment of modern American art.

Highlights

On the shelf

From academic research to rollicking fiction, UVA alumni and faculty members have been churning out books on a variety of topics. Here’s a look at some of them.

Spring semester rolls on

Students return for another unusual semester on Grounds, marked by limited group sizes and regular testing, even as in-person classes continue.

College life in quarantine

For some UVA students, isolation and quarantine have brought new challenges to an already unusual year.

Making the most of a COVID situation

In a hard year, some UVA notables found comfort and escape in books, music, movies and the woods. Here are the good things that have helped them through.

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