Art history trip to London spotlighted in new Herring Hall exhibit

A new exhibition in Herring Hall captures the experiences of 10 Rice students who participated in HART in the World, a study abroad trip to London May 4-22, through photographs, journal entries and historical materials. HART in the World, an initiative sponsored by the Department of Art History, takes Rice undergraduates on a spring break cultural expedition to a major international metropolis; past trips have visited Istanbul, Rome and Rio de Janeiro.

This year, students explored London for two weeks with the guidance of Associate Professor Leo Costello and current art history Ph.D. candidate Rachel Harmeyer. Amid many cups of tea and trips on the Tube, the group traveled to Petworth House and Park in West Sussex, saw important British art collections and archives spanning centuries, met with curators and investigated London’s architectural and cultural histories. (Photos by Katharine Shilcutt)