ANNUAL CONFERENCE

The annual event for art history in the UK.

Our Annual Conference brings together international research and critical debate about art, art history and visual cultures. This key annual event is an opportunity to keep up to date with new research, hear leading keynotes, broaden networks and exchange ideas.

The Annual Conference is open to all. It is a key annual event for those presenting new research, and those wanting to listen and learn about new research. Attracting around 500 attendees each year, the conference is popular with academics, curators, practitioners, Phd students, early career researchers and non-art historians engaged with art history research. Members of the Association get reduced conference rates.

FUTURE CONFERENCES

2026 Annual Conference
8-10 April 2026
University of Cambridge

PAST CONFERENCES

2025 Annual Conference
9-11 April 2025
University of York

2024 Annual Conference
3-5 April 2024
University of Bristol

2023 Annual Conference
12 – 14 April 2023
UCL

2022 Annual Conference
6 – 8 April 2022
Digital Event

2021 Annual Conference
14 – 17 April 2021
Digital Event

2020 Annual Conference
1 – 3 April 2020
Newcastle University & Northumbria University
cancelled

2019 Annual Conference
4 – 6 April 2019
University of Brighton

2018 Annual Conference
5 – 7 April 2018
Courtauld Institute of Art and King’s College London

CONFERENCE ARCHIVE

The online archive of Annual Conference programmes from 1975 – 2017 can be found here