Association for Art History

The Association is happy to announce that we have added a second art history residency, to take place next academic year.

The residencies will enable the recipients to further their work in a quiet setting in a well-appointed, two-bedroom house with all household costs covered, maintenance and cleaning provided, and with a £1,000 per month stipend.

Contact: please send enquiries and applications with ‘Association for Art History Residency’ in the subject line to: info@forarthistory.org.uk. Deadline for applications: 4 November 2026 at 5:00pm More info and application form: loom.ly/vxenTPI

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 a second one directly following for the month of January 2028.

The residencies are available to Association for Art History members who have a right to work in the UK and will be awarded on the basis of a competitive application process. Each recipient will be expected to give a public talk on their work during the Art History Festival in Autumn 2028.

Two calls for papers, one deadline this Sunday 25 October! ⏰ 2027 Annual Conference 7–9 April | University of Exeter 🔗 https://loom.ly/Y7VHLCQ Global New Voices: Art History and The Contemporary 9 December | Free online symposium 🔗 https://loom.ly/8v818Dg

Missed one of our online events during #ArtHistoryFestival2026? You can now catch up on our YouTube channel, where we’ve brought together a playlist of some of the online events from this year’s festival. Visit @forarthistory on YouTube to watch. 📱

Less than two weeks to submit your paper proposal for the Association for Art History’s 2027 Annual Conference, 7–9 April at University of Exeter. ⏰ Explore 100+ sessions and find a place for your research. Deadline: 25 October 2026 https://loom.ly/Y7VHLCQ

That’s a wrap on #ArtHistoryFestival2026! This year’s festival brought together over 170 events and 120 partners, celebrating art history across the UK through gallery tours, workshops, talks and discussions.

A huge thank you to the organisations whose support helped make #ArtHistoryFestival2026 possible. The festival was supported by The National Gallery Trust, with additional support from the Hiscox Foundation. We’re also grateful to our media partners, Apollo Magazine and The Burlington Magazine.

It’s the final day of #ArtHistoryFestival2026 🎨 There’s still time to get involved, with events taking place across the UK and online. Explore the final day’s programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk

It’s the second-to-last day of #ArtHistoryFestival2026 From exploring the role of animals in art to discovering careers in the art world, there’s still plenty to get involved in. Take part in a film-making workshop, explore animation or look at art through the lens of landscape & the natural world.

Day 5 of #ArtHistoryFestival2026 From conversations about whose stories get told in art history to collection tours and a closer look at the art of tapestry, there’s plenty to explore today. Join us across the UK or online! festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Day 3! Today’s programme takes us from pigments and colour in art to fashion, contemporary practice and the stories behind artists’ work. There are events happening across the UK, with plenty to join online too. Whatever your interests, there’s lots to discover in the Festival.

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The Art History Festival 2026 starts today! From Artemisia Gentileschi in Greenwich to Robert Burns in Alloway, and from John Singer Sargent to the strange worlds of Ensor and Wojtkiewicz, there’s plenty to discover. Find today's full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk

1 DAY TO GO 🎨 Tomorrow, Art History Festival begins! From York to Exeter, Cambridge to Coventry, free events will be taking place across the UK and online from 5–11 October. See you tomorrow! Find an event near you: festival.forarthistory.org.uk

Workshops at Art History Festival From drawing and printmaking to art writing and gallery design, these workshops offer opportunities to get creative, learn new skills and explore art history through hands-on activities.

2 DAYS TO GO From Nottingham to Newcastle, Brighton to Bath, Art History Festival is almost here! Free events are taking place across the UK and online from 5–11 October, with plenty of opportunities to explore art history in new places. Find an event near you: festival.forarthistory.org.uk

Art and Ideas at Art History Festival 2026 From nature and place to memory, identity and materials, these events explore the different ways artists respond to the world around them. Discover exhibitions, installations and talks taking place across the UK and online as part of Art History Festival.

3 DAYS TO GO! From Salisbury to Sheffield, Solihull to Gloucester, Art History Festival is bringing free events to towns and cities across the UK. From exhibitions and talks to tours and family events, there’s something happening from 5–11 October. festival.forarthistory.org.uk

Tours & Visits at Art History Festival 🚶 From behind-the-scenes collections to curator-led tours, discover new ways to explore art, archives and exhibitions throughout Art History Festival 2026.

🗄️ Wolverhampton Art Gallery Behind the Scenes Stores Tour 9 October | Wolverhampton 🧵 Tour celebrating 400 years of tapestries 9 October | London 🎨 Tour of Private Collection of Modern British Art 11 October | London

🔍 Behind the Scenes Tour 11 October | Newcastle upon Tyne/Gateshead 📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk

Tours & Visits at Art History Festival 🚶 From behind-the-scenes collections to curator-led tours, discover new ways to explore art, archives and exhibitions throughout Art History Festival 2026.

🎨 Curator Tour: Sisters, Brothers and Others: Nationality and 20th-century Chinese Art 7 October | Oxford 📚 ZSL Library & Archive Art Collection Tour 8 October | London 🌳 Drawing Inspiration – Curator-led Tour 8 October | Glasgow

🖼️ Michaela Yearwood Dan – The Practice of Liberation Curator Tour 8 October | Manchester 🌸 Taster lecture: Paintings of women and the garden 8 October | Online 🏢 Private Tour of Deutsche Bank Art Collection 9 October | London

Tours & Visits at Art History Festival 🚶 From behind-the-scenes collections to curator-led tours, discover new ways to explore art, archives and exhibitions throughout Art History Festival 2026.

🏛️ Restoration tour of Boston Manor House 6 October | Brentford 🖼️ Guided Tour at the National Gallery 6–8 October | London 📚 Heritage Visit: The Life of Arthur Knighton-Hammond 6 October | Southwell

🎨 Curator’s tour of Life and Liberty at Tate Britain 6 October | London 🌿 Looking with Nature: Self-guided Ecological Tour of the Collection 6–11 October | Newcastle upon Tyne 🖌️ Curator Tour – Imprint: Women Artists and the Reading School of Art 6 October | Reading

Tours & Visits at Art History Festival 🚶 From behind-the-scenes collections to curator-led tours, discover new ways to explore art, archives and exhibitions throughout Art History Festival 2026.

🐈 Visit the Royal Library at Windsor Castle 5 October | Windsor 🎨 Aberdeen Artworlds: The Linklater Collection 5–11 October | Aberdeen 🖼️ Drawing Together exhibition: curators talk and tour 5 October | Salisbury

4 DAYS TO GO! From Edinburgh to Glasgow, Cardiff to Belfast and London to Bristol, there are free events happening across the UK from 5–11 October. Whether you’re heading to a gallery, joining an event online or discovering something new in your local area, there’s plenty to explore.

🏛️ The Past in Focus From wartime memory and Renaissance prints to royal courts, historic houses and the stories held within artworks, explore events looking at how we understand the past through art.

👁️ Bryan Pearce: Ways of Seeing 9 October | Truro 🏰 Hamilton Palace: Scotland’s Greatest Treasure House Recreated 9 October | Online

Discover more events taking place across the UK and online as part of Art History Festival 2026. 📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk #ArtHistoryFestival #ArtHistoryFestival2026 #ArtHistory #ForArtHistory

🌿 The Art of Chinese Gardens: Nature and Philosophy 6 October | Online 🧵 Bayeux Around Britain 6–11 October | Exeter 👭 ‘No Friend Like a Sister’: Pre-Raphaelite Friends and Relations 7 October | Birmingham

🎨 Pigments and Their Meanings: The Colours of Art from China to the Mediterranean 7 October | Online 🖨️ The Renaissance Print: Inventing a New Object 7 October | Online 🏛️ Wren, Wrenaissance, and Some Also-Wrens: The Incredible Career of Sir Christopher Wren 8 October | London

📜 Through Art, Through Memory: Representing Northern Ireland during the Second World War 5–11 October | Online 👑 Pearls, Sugar, & Tobacco Flowers: English Queens in an Atlantic World 6 October | London 🎨 Inventing Artemisia: Self-Fashioning and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Italy 6 Oct | Online

5 DAYS TO GO! From Manchester to Liverpool, Dundee to Oxford and Birmingham, Art History Festival is popping up across the UK next week. With free events taking place in galleries, museums and online, there’s plenty to discover from 5–11 October. Where will you be joining us?

🖼️ Exhibitions at Art History Festival 2026 From contemporary design and ceramics to fashion, photography and painting, there are exhibitions to explore across the UK throughout Art History Festival week.

📍 Picturing Place 7 October | Carlisle 📷 Sussex Spotlight: Oli Kellett 7–11 October | Hastings 🪭 Swaying in the Wind – Frédérick Gay: A Contemporary French Fan Maker 9 October | London 🎨 Off The Wall – Exhibition Opening 10 October | Harlow

📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk

🪑 PLATFORM: Simone Brewster 5–11 October | London 🏺 Made from Scratch: Celebrating Ceramicist Julia Carter Preston 5–11 October | Liverpool 👗 Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus 5–10 October | Liverpool

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🌿 HOUSE COLLECTIVE X Suffolk Wildlife Trust – Young Voices, Shared Landscapes 10–11 October | Sudbury 🏘️ Greengate Close 5–11 October | Aberdeen 🐈 The Estorick Collection & Temporary Exhibition 7 October | London

👗 Worn: The Life Within Clothes 5–11 October | Manchester 🌀 Surreal Solihull 5–11 October | Birmingham 🪑 Won’t Sit Still 5–11 October | Manchester

🎨 Life and Liberty: American Painters and the ‘Revolution’ in Art, 1770–90 5–11 October | London ☁️ Stunning Skies 5–11 October | Brighouse 🖼️ Ten Good Years 5–11 October | Cambridge