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Curatorial Conversation – European Sculpture in the Collection of His Majesty the King
Wednesday, 18 June 2025, 5:30pm-7:00pm Online via Zoom Attendance free with advance booking BOOK NOW Jonathan Marsden (former Director of the Royal Collection) in conversation with Bill Sherman (Warburg Institute Director) and Gregory Perry (CEO, Association for Art History)This event...
Curatorial Conversation – V&A East Storehouse
This event is organised by the Association for Art History in conjunction with The Warburg Institute, University of London. Monday, 19 May 2025, 5:30pm-7:00pm Online via Zoom Attendance free with advance booking BOOK NOW The highly anticipated V&A East Storehouse...
Curatorial Reflections: Living Art at the Sainsbury Centre
Join Tania Moore, Head of Exhibitions for a candid talk and tour exclusively for curators and museum professionals and learn about her experience of helping to bring Director, Jago Cooper’s vision to fruition, including the learning curve, challenges, rewards, and opportunities associated with...
Panel Discussion: How are the climate and nature crises reshaping our curatorial practice?
PLUS the fourth annual AAH Curatorial Prizes awards Friday, 16 May 2025, 18:00-20:30 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EJ Free to attend, in-person. BOOK NOW We’re delighted to host an evening of curatorial interest: a panel discussion with Jago...
Careers with Art History: Working with Museum and Gallery Collections
Join us for a free webinar offering an overview of museum, gallery and collections-based careers Saturday, 1 March 2025, 11:00-12:30 Online event - free to attend, booking is essential. BOOK NOW This free webinar will offer an overview of museum,...
The Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives | Online Tour
SJ Peploe, Kirkcudbright, c.1918, oil on canvas. Credit: Image courtesy of the Fleming Collection. Online Event The Scottish Colourists: Radical Perspectives Join Dovecot Studios for an online tour with curator James Knox as he takes you through a exciting new...
Design History Society 2025 annual conference – Converging Paths: Design in the Creative Economy
The call for papers for the 2025 DHS annual conference is now open! Organised with Ankara Bilim University, the conference embraces historic, contemporary, and interdisciplinary perspectives on the subject of ‘Converging Paths: Design in the Creative Economy’. The conference will...
‘The Spirit of a Particular Age’: Women Artists and the Challenges of an Integrated Art History
Date: Thursday 13 March Time: 6-7pm GMT Location: One Gallery Hub, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN (and online) Speaker: Dr Paris A. Spies-Gans This event is part of the National Gallery’s annual Anna Jameson Lecture series. To find...
Art History in Argentina: A Seminar Series
Starting on Saturday 22 February, join us for a captivating three-session seminar on the rich and diverse history of Argentine art, presented chronologically from its origins to the present day. This essential course offers an overview of key artists, movements,...
UCL Artists’ Books Symposium: Structures/Infrastructures
This symposium proposes to investigate the formal or informal infrastructures and networks which sustain (or, perhaps, inhibit) the production, preservation, curation, distribution and analysis of artists’ books in Britain now. We are actively seeking contributions not just from academics and...
RCP Museum Late: Healing words – science or superstition?
Join us after hours to explore science and superstition in the ‘Healing words’ exhibition with a curator talk and fun crafts. ‘Unofficial’, ‘domestic’ or ‘community’ medicine is sometimes associated with superstition but evidence of such is rare in our recipe books. There...
Ever Forward: Stephen F. Eisenman in Conversation
On 6 March 2025, 4 p.m. GMT Impressionist Futures Group will host Stephen F. Eisenman in conversation with Alexis Clark. All are welcomed to attend this virtual conversation by registering here. Eisenman's books and articles are required reading for all who...
Curator to Director
How can curators aspiring to senior leadership positions go about taking the next step in their career? Tuesday, 25 February 2025, 17:30-19:00 Online event - free to attend, booking is essential. BOOK NOW As museums and galleries have evolved over...
Queer Anatomies with Michael Sappol
On Tuesday 25 February, as part of LGBT+ History Month, the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Museum will host American historian of the visual culture of medicine and science, Michael Sappol, to discuss his new book Queer Anatomies. Sexual body-parts...
Second Annual PGECR Country House Group Conference
Call for Papers The second annual conference of the PGECR Country House Group is sponsored by The Paul Mellon Centre, the leading scholarly centre for studies in British Art (and home of an extensive country house archive). It will be...
Medieval Manuscripts: Exploring Craftsmanship, Ownership, and Use
11 February 2025, 5.30 - 7.00pm Institute of Historical Research, (Wolfson Room NB01),Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU & online- via Zoom Book here! Sophia Adams (The Courtauld Institute of Art) - Thome famulo tuo’: An Owner for Beinecke...
Building an International Knowledge Network: Ten Years of the Brooks International Fellowship
Wednesday 22 January 2025. Refreshments from 11.30, event from 12.00–17.30, networking reception from 17.30–19.30. Join us online or in person at the Starr Cinema, Tate Modern, London Following an incredible decade-long successful partnership between Tate, Delfina Foundation and Rory and...
Fourth International Artefacta Conference – Resolutions, 13-14 February 2025, Helsinki, Finland
Fourth International Artefacta Conference – Resolutions will be held on 13-14 February 2025, in Helsinki, Finland. The conference venue is in the Main Building of the University of Helsinki, right in the city centre. For the fourth time, the Artefacta...
Art History Careers: Beyond the Arts
Saturday, 7 December, 11:00 - 12:30 GMT Booking Link Join us for a free webinar offering an overview of just a few of the many roles that art history graduates can go on to do. In previous careers sessions this...
ART HISTORY RESIDENCY TALK – 2024
Tuesday 10 December, 6:30 - 7:30pm GMT Online and free to attend Booking is essential: Eventbrite Susannah Thompson is Professor of Fine Art at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. She recently completed our Art History Residency provided in partnership...
