29th October 2026
Deadline: 4 January Have you written or marked a brilliant dissertation in art history or visual culture this year (2025-26 academic year)? If yes, don't forget to nominate it for our Postgraduate Dissertation Prize! To apply or nominate a student,... Read More...7th October 2026
The Association is happy to announce that we have added a second art history residency, to take place next academic year. In partnership with the Ampersand Foundation, we are offering one residency from 1 October to 31 December, 2027 and... Read More...5th October 2026
Dennis Wardleworth, who died in August this year, had a longstanding passion for art and commitment to the Association for Art History. He was Honorary Treasurer for the Association for Art Historians (now the AAH), from April 2015 - April... Read More...
16th September 2026
Open to UK undergraduate students studying art history or visual culture, the prize invites students to create a short video of up to 90 seconds reflecting on their experience of studying art history. Videos could explore any aspect of studies... Read More...
18th August 2026
Monday 5 - Sunday 11 October 2026, Nationwide & Online Association for Art History’s Art History Festival returns for a week-long celebration of the histories of art, architecture and design, bringing together over 120 free events online and across the... Read More...6th August 2026
We are delighted to welcome Bill Balaskas and Anjalie Dalal-Clayton as incoming Trustees of the Association for Art History. Bringing a wealth of expertise across art history, artistic practice, museum studies and research, Bill and Anjalie will join the Board... Read More...
30th July 2026
We’re delighted to welcome Christine Bates as this year’s Art History Residency recipient, delivered in partnership with The Ampersand Foundation. Due to unforeseen circumstances the previously announced resident was unable to take part this year. The residency offers an art... Read More...
9th June 2026
We are delighted to announce the winners of this year’s Association for Art History's Curatorial Prizes. Helen Chadwick: Life Pleasures at The Hepworth Wakefield is winner of the Curatorial Prize for Exhibitions, and the team also won the Curatorial Prize for... Read More...
2nd June 2026
Association for Art History in a brand new partnership with Art Fund is delighted to offer up to 8 fully funded places for UK museum and gallery curators who are at an early-to-mid-stage in their career to attend a four-day professional development... Read More...
11th May 2026
Overview The Association for Art History Mentoring Programme supports meaningful, supportive connections across academic life. Whether you are navigating post-PhD blues, establishing your early-career professional profile, or looking to transition into senior roles, this programme offers a space for reflection,... Read More...8th May 2026
Sue Ward, who died in March this year, had a long association with art history and the AAH. She was the editor of The Art Book magazine from its foundation in 1993 to its closure in 2010. Originally a history... Read More...9th April 2026
Each year we select and award dissertation prizes for outstanding essays written by undergraduate and postgraduate students. Winning and shortlisted essays are assessed on the quality of their originality, research and method, and form and content. Prize winning essays We... Read More...
17th March 2026
The Association for Art History (AAH) is inviting applications to join our Board of Trustees. As the UK subject association for art history, the AAH works to support and advocate for the discipline across higher education, schools, museums, and the... Read More...
6th February 2026
The Association for Art History is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the AAH Curatorial Prizes 2026. These annual awards celebrate the vital work of curators in UK museums and galleries, recognising excellence in exhibitions and displays... Read More...6th February 2026
The Association for Art History is delighted to announce the appointment of three new Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the field: Sutapa Biswas FAAH, Professor Abigail Harrison Moore FAAH and Adrian Locke FAAH. The AAH Fellowship programme,... Read More...3rd February 2026
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Maeve is no longer able take up the Art History Residency, more details here. The Association for Art History and The Ampersand Foundation are delighted to announce that Maeve O'Donnell (Teaching Fellow, The Courtauld Institute of Art)... Read More...15th December 2025
By Gregory Perry, CEO of AAH In June of 1897, several newspapers in the US reported that Mark Twain was gravely ill and could be dead. When a reporter contacted Twain’s household in London, where he was living at the... Read More...
27th November 2025
By Gregory Perry, CEO of Association for Art History. Nearing the end of 2025, there are things to celebrate about art history and there are threats, endemic in the education sector, which combine to limit exposure to and engagement with... Read More...
20th November 2025
The distinguished art historian Professor Toshio Watanabe died while on holiday in Hokkaido, shortly before his 80th birthday. He was a renowned specialist on the profound influence of Japanese art and design in the West in the later nineteenth century.... Read More...
15th July 2025
Monday 15 – Sunday 21 September 2025 The annual Art History Festival returns across the UK this September for its 5th year, working with more than 100 partners to celebrate and champion those who study and research art history, and... Read More...Copyright 2026. All Rights Reserved