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New Trustee | Association for Art History

We are delighted to welcome Michael White as a new Trustee of the Association for Art History. Michael is a professor at the University of York, where he served as Deputy and then Head of the History of Art Department... Read More...

Peer Mentoring Scheme | Doctoral & Early Career

About Last year the Association for Art History’s Doctoral and Early Career Research (DECR) committee piloted a new peer mentoring scheme for doctoral students, and early career researchers. Following the success of the 2019-20 pilot scheme, we are running another... Read More...

Winner of 2019 Postgraduate Dissertation Prize

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 essay We... Read More...

INNOVATIVE TEACHER RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME AWARDED PAUL MELLON CENTRE FUNDING

We are delighted to announce the support of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art for the next three years of the Plan, Prepare, Provide teacher residential course. Plan, Prepare, Provide: Art Teachers Residential offers a unique opportunity... Read More...

How to Write About Art

If you missed our first, live online event about 'How to Write About Art' with art critic Tabish Khan, the recording is now available to view on youtube. About this event On Wednesday 24 June we launched a new series of... Read More...

UKRI Open Access Response and Resources

The Association for Art History has been fully engaged in the consideration of and response to the newly-proposed UKRI Open Access policy. We have represented the interests of art historians at meetings with UKRI policy makers and leaders and have... Read More...

Free online access to Engage Journal: ‘Biennials and Beyond’

Engage, the National Association for Gallery Education, is pleased to announce the publication of Issue 44 of the Engage Journal, Engage 44: Biennials and beyond.  In recognition of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, individuals can enjoy free access to the Journal until 31 July 2020. To take advantage of this... Read More...

UKRI Open Access Consultation

There are a number of points in the newly-proposed UKRI Open Access policy which the Association will address in its response to the consultation. We would like evidence from those in the field to help us substantiate arguments around including... Read More...

Good Friday Fun | Art History Emojis

Here are the answers to Good Friday's #FridayFun art history emoji teasers. Following the popularity of last week's art history emoji teasers, here are some more. With a couple of  extra tricky bonus ones at the end. Good luck, enjoy... Read More...

Friday Fun | Art History Emojis

Here the answers to the art history emojis Michelangelo,  The Creation of Adam Vincent van Gogh, Sunflowers Andy Goldsworthy, leaves (various) Piero Manzoni, Artist's Shit Sarah Lucas, Self Portrait with Fried Eggs Tracy Emin, My Bed Banksy, Girl with Balloon... Read More...

Winner of 2019 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize

We are delighted to announce that Giorgia Maria Maffioli Brigatti (University of Cambridge) is the winner of the Association for Art History's 2019 Undergraduate Dissertation Prize for her essay, 'Revolutions through the eyes of Shirin Neshat'. An abstract of her dissertation is below.... Read More...

DACS launches Zero-Rate Tariff for Images for Academic Journals

Good news for those publishing research with images. Following our work with DACS, a zero-rate tariff for images to be published in academic journals will be made available from 2 April 2020. This will apply to requests which come from an... Read More...

Association for Art History Office moves to remote working

The Association for Art History has now moved to remote working. This follows governmental guidance for office workers and organisations (particularly those in London) to adopt remote working to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. For the health and well-being... Read More...

Artist and Curator Bursaries

Artist and curator bursaries to attend the Association for Art History's 2020 Annual Conference. We are delighted to be able to offer 10 Annual Conference bursaries to artists and independent curators based in or around Newcastle and Gateshead. The bursaries... Read More...

DECOLONIZING ART HISTORY

Art History publishes major new intervention in its February 2020 issue The February 2020 issue of our journal Art History sees the publication of a major new intervention, ‘Decolonizing Art History’. Co-ordinated by editor Dorothy Price and editorial board member... Read More...

Art History Uptake at UK Universities

A Statement from the Association for Art History It has been widely reported that since the economic downturn of 2008-09, the uptake of humanities subjects at the university level in the UK (and in the US) has dropped. The most... Read More...

NEW ONLINE HISTORY OF ART A LEVEL

THE FUTURE IS DIGITAL FOR A LEVEL HISTORY OF ART We are delighted to announce the launch of a new online History of Art A level. Prospective students of art history can now study the subject wherever they are, thanks... Read More...

Association for Art History | Autumn Programme

Find out what the Association for Art History has coming up this Autumn, including: New Voices: Art & Text in Nottingham in November Ways of Seeing: Art, Architecture & Nature in London in November Art History Careers Day in Durham... Read More...

HISTORY OF ART A LEVEL

Over the last year the Association for Art History has been working in partnership with the National Extension College to develop an online version of the Edexcel A Level in History of Art. This new course will be available to... Read More...

Association for Art History | New Voices Art & Text

Association for Art History New Voices 2019 | Art & Text 6 November 2019, University of Nottingham CALL FOR PAPERS pdf version New Voices is the Association for Art History’s annual one-day conference for new postgraduate research about art, art... Read More...
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