Beyond the Visual - Exhibition By Investigators: UAL Prof Ken Wilder and Dr Aaron McPeake Until 19.04 2026 Henry Moore Institute, Leeds View the exhibition trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRxH... The Observer article: observer.co.uk/culture/art/... henry-moore.org/whats-on/bey...

Discover PhD and MPhil awards and available studentship routes at UAL Open Events for prospective research degree applicants 4 March In-Person High Holborn, London WC1V 7EY RSVP: www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/ual... 10 March Online RSVP: www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/ual... www.arts.ac.uk/research/phd...

TOMORROW Alternative Values in Art, Design and Culture: A Roundtable Discussion 31 Oct 1pm-4pm Chelsea College of Arts London SW1P 4JU This roundtable will explore a range of alternative values including alternative vocabularies and discourses of value itself. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...

CROFTON BLACK & EDMUND CLARK [UAL] COSMOPOLEMOS + INCITE PROJECT ‘EMBEDDED’ 25.10.25 - 16.11.25 Illustrated Encyclopaedia of the US Department of Defense Contract Spending photooxford.org/exhibitions/... 31.10.25 TRUTH AND PHOTOGRAPHY symposium Tickets: photooxford.org/events/sympo...

UAL Creative Computing Institute in Somerset House Studios Led by UAL’s Creative Computing Institute, Somerset House Studios has launched the first phase of ‘n-Space’, a workspace and interdisciplinary network of artists, technologists and academics. www.zapbangmagazine.com/2025/10/some...

Alternative Values in Art, Design and Culture: A Roundtable Discussion Fri 31 October 13:00 - 16:00 Chelsea College of Arts London SW1P 4JU Roundtable will explore a range of alternative values including alternative vocabularies & discourses of value itself. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alternativ...

Professor Sturgis, Professor of Painting, UAL: Hans Arp and Contemporary Art New York University, New York, USA 30/31 October 2025 RSVP: [email protected] The Word and Image are One: Hans Arp and Ian Hamilton Finlay Tate Britain, London, UK 5 December 2025 TICKETS: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

New Landscapes: textiles x technology herald greener garment-making UAL's Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI) show at the British Council. Stratford London E20 1JQ until 30 Jan 2026 www.newhamcitizen.co.uk/new-landscap...

UAL Black History Month: The Science of Racism | Professor Keon West 6 October 18.30 Central Saint Martins London, N1C 4AA Insights on bias, inclusion and strategies to drive forward meaningful change from West's groundbreaking book. Free RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ual-black-...

TrAIN Open Lecture Dr. Ashok Mathur and Dr. Ayumi Goto (OCAD) "ON LONGING AND NOT BELONGING" - An investigation of diasporic practice. Wed 15 October 2025 6pm - 8pm Chelsea College of Arts 16 John Islip Street London SW1P 4JU free, all welcome, RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-person-...

2025 BRITISH TEXTILE BIENNIAL Homo Mondialis - Survey exhibition Blackburn, UK 2 Oct - 2 Nov 2025 Through intricate embroidery and appliqué works, sculpture and immersive video installations, UAL Prof Lucy Orta’s practice research will be presented. britishtextilebiennial.co.uk/events/lucy-...

A new three-part film series is documenting Alexander McQueen’s archive. Guided by Professor of Fashion History and Theory at CSM, Alistair O’Neill. Watch the first episode here: www.alexandermcqueen.com/en-gb/storie...

Opening today at Tate Britain!

A new three-part film series is documenting Alexander McQueen’s archive. Guided by Professor of Fashion History and Theory at CSM, Alistair O’Neill, the series offers a behind-the-scenes look at the brand's foundational tailoring techniques and theatrical storytelling. www.russh.com/documenting-...

THE WAYFARING CINEMA: THE NORTHERN TOUR 20 September to 24 September 2025 Films screening: Wayfaring Stranger (Andrea Luka Zimmerman, 2024, UK, 69m) Realities Checked (Damian Le Bas, 2025, UK, 17m) Gypsyland (Delaine Le Bas, 2014-2023, UK, 20m) www.tickettailor.com/events/thame...

Carnival at the Boundaries: public participation in research in health Fri 10 Oct 3pm Chelsea College of Arts free www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carnival-a... Exploring the role of public participation in complex design collaborations in health. With Dr Joe Langley PhD, Prof Marie Elf, Dr Aaron Davis.

CASA DE VELASQUEZ Madrid, Spain Oct - Dec 2025 www.mobiliernational.culture.gouv.fr/.../manufact... Prof Lucy Orta, Chair of Art and the Environment, LCF, awarded ‘Laine et Création’ residency at Casa de Velázquez, supported by ADAGP & Manufactures nationales, to focus on materials research.

UAL Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute and the British Council present: New Landscapes R&D Exhibition 15–19 September 2025 British Council Space House Stratford Featuring sustainable fashion & textiles designs from UK & international creatives. londondesignfestival.com/activities/n...

Prof Sonia Boyce, Chair in Black Art & Design, UAL, has cultivated a multidisciplinary practice that explores play, language & pattern, while questioning the nature of representation and authorship, an inaugural exhibition with Hauser & Wirth, will present new work. fadmagazine.com/2025/08/18/s...

Fashion in Film Festival UK-wide tour: ‘Grounded: Fashion’s Entanglements with Nature’. Autumn 2025 Curated by CSM's Dal Chodha & Dr Marketa Uhlirova. Exploring fashion’s intersection with nature, supported by the BFI. British Cinematographer has dets britishcinematographer.co.uk/fashion-in-f...

'Beyond the Visual', an exhibition in partnership with UAL. November 2025: Henry Moore Institute, Leeds to host first sculpture exhibition curated by and created with the input of blind and partially sighted artists. Co-curated by UAL Professor Ken Wilder. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Dr Mark Hibbert of the Comics Research Hub at LCC weighs in on why the public's affection for Superman has waxed and waned over the years since the character's inception in 1938. Read more in Esquire Singapore esquiresg.com/is-it-a-bird...

Bricks Magazine explores 'Making Time – Every Prison a Creative Hub' an exhibition archive showcasing the power of artistry behind prison walls. Co-curated by Lorraine Gamman, Professor of Design at CSM and Director Design Against Crime (DAC) Research initiative. bricksmagazine.co.uk/2025/08/05/m...

How to solve fashion’s governance problem A new programme by Kering and Prof Dilys Williams, LCF, Centre for Sustainable Fashion, hopes to reimagine how companies make high-level decisions, but is the industry ready to embrace change? Vogue Business Article www.voguebusiness.com/story/sustai...

Onyeka Igwe, the @researchual.bsky.social #PhD student who was the @britschoolathens.bsky.social 2019 BSA Arts Bursary holder, will be showing work at Tate Britain 19 September 2025 - 17 May 2026.

ARTnews spotlights UAL alum, Yinka Shonibare on his Guess Artists Space gallery space in Lagos. Shonibare's Art for the Environment residency at UAL is an ongoing programme which offers postgraduates & alum fully funded residencies at G.A.S. sites in Lagos & Ijebu. www.artnews.com/art-news/art...

Dr Karen Shepherdson, Reader and Programme Director for Photography at London College of Communication, is featured in this CNN Style article 'Going to the beach’ looks very different in Britain' edition.cnn.com/2025/07/22/s... Image credit: Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee

20/20: Reflections 10 July - 27 September Chelsea Space, UAL UAL Decolonising Arts Institute's summer programme - an opportunity to hear directly from some of the second 20/20 cohort of artists about their residencies in national collections. free, book here: www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/202...

Is this the most political fashion item ever? Carol Tulloch, Professor of Dress, Diaspora & Transnationalism, UAL CCW & Judith Clark, Professor of Fashion and Museology at UAL LCF, share their reflections at the end of their I: 01 APRONS joint residency with CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/06/25/s...

UAL Creative Computing Collective Showcase 2025 Diploma class curated a student-led exhibition bringing together a diverse range of work developed over the past year, from interactive installations & digital experiments to publications & process-based projects. www.artrabbit.com/events/creat...

Fashion in Film Festival: What Does it Mean to Dress as the Planet Burns? Over 80 films showing across the UK. Curated by CSM's Marketa Uhlirova & Dal Chodha. Celebrating the festival 'invites us not just to look at fashion, but to feel its weight'. www.anothermag.com/fashion-beau...

Carrier Bag Climate: Storytelling Tools for Textile Futures 19 June 10.00-16.00 Textile Museum Netherlands Join our workshop @textielmuseum to explore feminist storytelling for responsible textile practice and research. Not suitable for beginners. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/carrier-ba...

UAL CRiSAP (Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice) Book Launch: Brandon LaBelle Poetics of Listening: Inner Life, Social Transformation, Planetary Practices Monday 23 June 2025 5.30pm - 7pm UAL, London College of Communication, London, SE1 6SB RSVP www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Emeritus Professor Eileen Hogan, University of the Arts London and a Royal Drawing School trustee, was commissioned to paint the coronation service – the first woman to be given the role. The coronation was held on 6 May 2023. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

ONLINE TrAIN Open Lecture - Ibrahim Mahama: Studio and Practice Wed 7 May 6-8pm BST www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-tra... Mahama came to prominence for politically charged open-air installations using jute sacks stitched together as a tattered patchwork & draped over architectural structures.

Shifting Focus: An artist’s approach to microscopy Thursday, June 5 Linnean Society of London Discover how Rob Kesseler’s (CSM Emeritus Professor) striking microscope art unlocks hidden plant worlds - merging science and creativity amid climate change. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shifting-f...

UAL TrAIN Open Lecture Mohamed Somji: Permission to Narrate 23 April 6 - 8pm online RSVP: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-tra... Permission to Narrate inspired by Edward Said’s call for narrative justice, will highlight the work of Palestinian photographers. ©Maen Hammad: It Will Grow

I'm delivering the keynote for this conference on 'Emotions and Senses in 18th century Visual Art and Culture' at Hogarth's House on 6 June. The title of my talk is ‘Find an agreeable Companion in a Statue’: Art, Culture and Sense Perception in the Anglophone Enlightenment'

10 April 2025 3 - 5pm SAILING AGAINST THE WIND UAL DESIS: Prof Ezio Manzini on the scenario of collaboration, proximity, and care, in the current era marked by wars, walls & hate, chair: Dr Francesco Mazzarella London College of Fashion London E20 2AR www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sailing-ag...

Screening Resistance: The Changing Media in Challenging Racism and Fascism Mon 14 April 2025 5:30pm - 7pm UAL LCC London SE1 6SB Event Detail + Free Booking: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/screening-... With Lainy Malkani, Shaminder Nahal, Rogan Productions & Anamik Saha. Image credit: Joe Giddens

QS World Rankings 2025: UAL maintains status as a leader in art and design education. For the 7th year running, UAL is the highest ranked provider of undergraduate art and design degrees in the world. canvas.arts.ac.uk/News/261068/... Image: Becca Geden, 2024 MA Fashion Photography, UAL

Alan Yentob CBE interviewed Armando Iannucci at LCC, UAL, for BBC Imagine. LCC is home of the Stanley Kubrick archive. lannucci's latest endeavour is a stage adaptation of Kubrick's classic satire, Dr. Strangeglove. BBCiPlayer www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Archive www.arts.ac.uk/students/lib...

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Tranquility of Communion The Polygon Gallery to May 25 Curated by Mark Sealy, Prof of Photography, UAL “It was homophobic in nature, super conservative, aggressive, with hostile policing, and cultural institutions were very, very straight” www.createastir.ca/articles/rot...

We finally know what the Sun sounds like – and it’s surprisingly retro. ‘A sonification is a really smart way of making complex data accessible to public audiences', says Dr Adam Stanović, Programme Director of Sound and Music at LCC. Read the full article in Metro metro.co.uk/2025/01/14/f...

Phaidon Editors New Books for the New Year: The Rose Book Over 200 spectacular images alongside essays by big thinkers from the worlds of fashion, art and horticulture. Essay by Professor Amy de la Haye, curator, academic at London College of Fashion, UAL. www.phaidon.com/agenda/desig...

Information session about the PhD programme offered by UAL in partnership with London Contemporary Dance School at The Place 18 March 2025 11am-12pm Zoom RSVP: www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/inf...

Interested in studying for a Research Degree at University of the Arts London? Discover PhD + MPhil awards at our Open Events. March 2025. In Person: 5 March 17.30 - 19.30 UAL, London WC1V 7EY RSVP: www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/ual... Online: 11 March 12.00 - 14.00 RSVP: www.arts.ac.uk/whats-on/ual...

Londoners love to make life better for everyone. Brill meeting with @researchual.bsky.social #akostorytellinginstitute staff #FrancescaPanetta, #NatashaFreedman & #EDI Director #IsabelaChan, advising on how best to engage with marginalised & outside voices #LetsGuide #UniquelyLondon #ALondonersLife3

Interested in studying for a Research Degree at University of the Arts London? Discover our PhD and MPhil awards at our Open Events: In Person: 5 March 2025 17.30 - 19.30 UAL, London WC1V 7EY www.arts.ac.uk/.../ual-rese.... Online: 11 March 2025 12.00 - 14.00 www.arts.ac.uk/.../ual-rese....