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Call for Participation – Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds: New Perspectives through Henry Moore
About the conference Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Tuesday 22 September 2026 University of Cambridge Wednesday 23 September 2026 The Henry Moore Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge and the Royal Botanic...
Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds: New Perspectives through Henry Moore
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | Tuesday 22 September Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge | Wednesday 23 September Early Bird Tickets are now available to book online. Two-Day Ticket: £180 / £120 concessions | Single Day Ticket: £110 / £70 concessions: Recasting...
Rebecca Arnheim
Marking Completion: The Status and Circulation of Drawings from the 15th Century to Today International Workshop organized by the Lise Meitner Group "Coded Objects" at the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute and the Medici Archive Project. Florence,...
The Southern Slav Sculptor: Ivan Meštrović, Yugoslavia, and Yorkshire
Date: Thursday 24 September 2026, 17:30 – 18:30 Location: Treasures of the Brotherton Cost: Free. Book online here Join Jelena Sofronijevic for a conversation about sculptor Ivan Meštrović, his legacy in Leeds, and regional diasporic communities today. *Please note this is...
Exhibition Launch- Balraj Khanna: Lines of Flight
29.09.2026, at 5.00pm–7.00pm https://www.ikon-gallery.org/event/exhibition-launch-6 Free entry, donations welcome No need to book, just drop in First and Second Floor Galleries Information on Ikon Gallery’s accessibility is available here. For additional access enquiries please contact education@ikon-gallery.org This event is being photographed....
Exhibition: Balraj Khanna: Lines of Flight
Exhibition Details 30 September 2026 – 21 February 2027 Open Tuesday – Sunday, 11am-5pm Free entry, please consider making a donation This exhibition is on the First and Second Floor Information on Ikon Gallery’s accessibility is available here For additional access...
CALL FOR PAPERS In Her Words: Women Artists and Life Writing before 1920
Pigott Theatre, The National Gallery, London, 2 October 2026 Organisers: Dr Susanna Avery-Quash, Senior Research Lead: Partnerships, Networks and Initiatives, National Gallery; Dr Rebecca Birrell, Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow, University of St Andrews, and Bye Fellow, Murray Edwards College,...
In Her Words: Women Artists and Life Writing before 1920 | Women and the Arts Forum Conference 2026
Location: The National Gallery London, and Online For centuries, women artists have written about their lives and careers using diaries, letters and other documents. This was a means of resisting expectations, reflecting on their experiences and shaping their own sense...
Art History Festival: Cover Stories: Album Art as Art History
Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 18:30 - 19:30 pm Online Book now From The Beatles and Bowie to Joy Division, New Order and The Smiths, some of music's most memorable images have been inspired by paintings, photography and artistic movements from across...
Art History Festival: So, You Want to Work in Art? Careers in the Art World
Saturday, 10 October 2026, 11:00am - 12:30pm Online Book now So, You Want to Work in Art? Careers in the Art World Do you love art, but aren’t sure how to turn it into a real future? Breaking into the art...
CFP – Right to Housing: Projects, Policies, and Knowledge Exchange after the Second World War
In recent years, housing has re-emerged as one of the most pressing social and political issues, driven by rising real estate prices, declining affordability, shrinking dwelling sizes, and the deterioration of residential environments. As new models of affordable and public...
Study Day ‘Constellations and Connections: Gwen John (1876-1939) and her transnational networks in Paris’/ Journée d’étude « Constellations et relations : Gwen John (1876-1939) et ses réseaux transnationaux à Paris (1903-1939) »
Book your free tickets (online and in person) here: https://my.weezevent.com/journee-detudes-gwen-john-1879-1939 (English below) Le Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Meudon vous propose une journée d’étude, en ligne et en presentiel, dédiée à l’artiste Gwen John, co-organisée avec Helena Anderson (Musée national...
Sacred Sensoria: Jewish and Christian Embodied Experience in Early Modern Europe
A Research Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation. 25-28 October 2026, Israel Institute for Advanced Studies, Edmond J. Safra Campus, Givat Ram, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Monday and Wednesday), and Prima Park Hotel, Jerusalem (Tuesday). Early modern Europeans...
International Conference: Vassals & Lords. Christians, Muslims and Jews in the Western Mediterranean (13th-15th Centuries).
CALL FOR PAPERS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE VASSALS AND LORDS. CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWS IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN (13TH-15TH CENTURIES) Madrid, October 26-28, 2026 Faculty of Geography and History, UNED. Medieval history has been traditionally dominated by a monarchical and State-centric perspective....
Call for Papers: Pre-Raphaelite! workshop
Call for Papers: Pre-Raphaelite! workshop Tate Britain, 30 October 2026 Deadline for abstracts: 15 September 2026 We welcome students, early career and established scholars of Pre-Raphaelitism, from any discipline, to contribute to a workshop, in anticipation of an exhibition programmed...
3rd International Congress of Anthropologies of the South
3rd International Congress of Anthropologies of the South Foz do Iguaçu – Brazil VIRTUAL WORKING GROUP 2 – DECOLONIAL TURN: ART, ANTHROPOLOGY OF ART, HISTORY, AND ARTISTIC INSTITUTIONS IN LATIN AMERICA Coordination Dr. Tatiane de Oliveira Elias (UEMG, Brazil) Lic....
International Conference Historicizing Global Contemporary Art Markets: Trajectories, Infrastructures, and Regimes of Value
Type of posting: Call for Papers Title: Historicizing Global Contemporary Art Markets: Trajectories, Infrastructures, and Regimes of Value Summary of event/opportunity/news: International conference examining the historical transformation of global contemporary art markets, with a Call for Papers open until 31...
Montparnasse and its Legacies
Call for Papers Symposium: Montparnasse and its Legacies 13-14 November, Columbia University, Reid Hall, Paris https://www.montparnasse.international/call-for-proposals Hosted by Columbia University’s Reid Hall & the Columbia Global Paris Center, and organized in collaboration with the Associations L’AiR Arts and Cité Falguière,...
A Focus on Pedagogy 2026: ACROSS TEACHING, THEORY, TECHNOLOGIES & TIMES
Event Summary: A virtual conference on the past, present and future of teaching and learning in the arts and humanities. A collaboration across six universities in six countries. Event Details: VIRTUAL Conference: 18-20 November, 2026 Glasgow School of Art ...
WAYS OF SEEING
Date: Saturday 21 November Location: The National Gallery, Sainsbury Wing Theatre Registration from 10.15am Start time: 11am Close: 3.30pm Free, in person event Ways of Seeing, the Association for Art History’s annual one-day conference for A-Level students and teachers takes place...
