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UCL History of Art

UCL History of Art is one of the most dynamic centres for the study of Art History & visual cultures in the world
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📍Bloomsbury, London
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5 months ago


Do you want the lab tour? 🧪

Follow Dina, our third-year MAT student, through the lab and don’t miss her favourite spot: the pigment wall! 🎨✨

#UCL #HistoryOfArt #ArtHistory #HouseTour #SabrinaCarpenter #UniLife #StudentLife #StudyVibes #UKStudents #StudentJourney #StudyGram #StudentDiaries #LifeAtUni #StudentCommunity #MatLab


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7 months ago

Back on campus! Follow Alex through his first day as a second-year History of Art student at @ucl

#UCL #HistoryOfArt #ArtHistory #UniLife #StudentLife #CampusVibes #BackToUni #StudyVibes #DayInTheLife #LondonLife #UKStudents #StudentJourney #StudyGram #StudentDiaries #CollegeLife #LifeAtUni #StudentCommunity


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7 months ago

EDI student journalist Grace Zuo interviews Professor Bob Mills on queer art history 🌈📚

From medieval imagery to modern interpretations, the conversation explores how queer perspectives reshape our understanding of art and history.

🔗 Read the full interview via link in bio 🔗


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1 days ago

Are you interested in the history of museums and conservation, the cultural impact of pollution, or nineteenth-century British art? 🎨🏛️

⏰ Last call for applications to the CDP Studentship ‘Histories of Pollution in the Urban Art Museum, 1840–1900’: a fully-funded PhD position between UCL and the @nationalgallery 🎓✨

📅 Applications are due 25 May!

🔗 Apply via link in bio 🔗

📷: ‘A Fog in the Streets of London’, Illustrated London News (12 January 1867)


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2 days ago

Thinking about studying in the UK? 🇬🇧

Come meet UCL History of Art in Los Angeles at the Study UK Pop-up Experience on 22 May!

🔗 Register via link in bio 🔗


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🎨🌍 EDI Student Journalist Hind Al-Sulaiti sits down with Dr Jacopo Gnisci to talk all things art, history, and visual cultures of the Global South!

From global perspectives in art history to challenging the Western canon, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss ✨

📖 Read the full interview via link in bio!

📷: Pilgrims, ecclesiastical authorities, deacons and priests gather in the courtyard of the 12th-13th century church of Saint Mary (“Bete Maryam”) for celebrating Christmas Eve, Andrea Kirkby, 2019, Ethiopia, Lalibela (Photo: Creative commons, courtesy of Andrea Kirkby).


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1 weeks ago

What if “the animal” wasn’t always a thing? 🐖🦅🐇

Join us for Inventing Animals – Inventing Humans, an interdisciplinary seminar with historian Pierre-Olivier Dittmar (EHESS, Paris).

From medieval pigs and bears to the idea of humanity itself, this talk explores how the Middle Ages reshaped the relationship between humans and animals - and even created the idea of our own “animal side.”

📚 Featuring speakers from UCL History, Art History, Geography & more
📍 Moot Court, Bentham House
🗓 1 June | 13:45–17:00

📧 To attend, contact John Sabapathy: j.sabapathy@ucl.ac.uk

🔗 Link in bio 🔗

📷 : Bibliothèque municipale Verdun, MS 107


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1 weeks ago


We’re hiring at UCL History of Art! 🖼️

Join our dynamic teaching and research community. We are currently recruiting for the following opportunities:

✨ Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in History of Art, Materials and Technology

✨ Conservation Laboratory Manager (0.5 FTE)

📅 Applications close 27–31 May 2026

Be part of an inspiring environment shaping the future of art history, conservation, and visual culture.

📩 Apply now and share with anyone who may be interested.

🔗 Link in bio 🔗

‼️ Edit (18 May 2026): Recruitment has currently been paused for:
- Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern and Contemporary Art and its Critical Histories
- Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Modern and Contemporary Art and Visual Cultures

#UCL #AcademicJobs #ArtHistory #HigherEducation #ContemporaryArt


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1 weeks ago

📚✨ Feminist Library Tour + Zine Workshop

🗓 Tuesday 2 June, 10:00–12:30

Join us for a tour of the Feminist Library in Peckham, followed by a DIY zine workshop! We’ll dive into the Library’s rich history, explore its unique archive of periodicals, zines, and feminist texts, and take part in discussions on feminist issues.

Then it’s your turn to get creative - craft your own zine to take home 💫

⚠️ Places are limited!
RSVP by May 25th:
📩 Cadence – cadence.kinsey@ucl.ac.uk
📩 Miranda – miranda.chance.24@ucl.ac.uk

📍 The Feminist Library, Sojourner Truth Community Centre, 161 Sumner Rd, Peckham, London SE15 6JL

🔗 Link in bio 🔗


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1 weeks ago

Joy Gregory in Conversation: Photography, Materiality & Practice ✨

Join acclaimed artist Joy Gregory for an insightful conversation exploring her materially rich photographic work. From cyanotype and kallitype to film, transparencies, and digital media, Gregory’s practice spans historic and contemporary processes while engaging with themes of identity, history, race, gender, and ideals of beauty.
Extending beyond photography, her work also embraces installation, performance, textiles, and more!

📅 13 May, 6:30pm
📍 UCL East Marshgate, Lecture Theatre 118
🎟️ Book your free place via link in bio 🔗

📷: Joy Gregory Medicago sativa (Alfalfa)) from ‘The Invisible Life Force of Plants’ 2020


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2 weeks ago

Exhibition Tour: Flare-up at Goldsmiths CCA✨

Join CSCA for a guided tour of Flare-up, exploring illness, disability, neurodivergence, and Deafness through contemporary art. Led by Natasha Hoare and/or Charlie Clark 💬

📅 10 June 2026, 16:00
📍 Goldsmiths CCA
🎟 UCL staff & students only
📩 RSVP: jessica.owens.23@ucl.ac.uk

📷: Racheal Crowther, Qualified to Care, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Stephen James.

🔗 Link in bio 🔗


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2 weeks ago


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