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Call for Papers: Association for Art History 2026 Annual Conference Next year’s Art History conference will be held 8-10 April 2026 in collaboration with the History of Art department at the University of Cambridge. ⬇️

✨ Bookings are now OPEN for the 2025 #DECRSymposium! ✨ Beyond The Visual: Full Body in British Art History — Past, Present & Future 📅 Tuesday 7 October 📍 The Gallery, 70 Cowcross St, London EC1M 6EJ 🎤 Keynote: Christina Bradstreet (@forarthistory.org.uk) 🔗 Full program & info: tinyurl.com/nhbm5798

Now that the Art History Festival 2025 has wrapped, we wanted to share a memorable session from this year’s festival - Hew Locke in Conversation with Will Gompertz, exploring themes of migration, identity, and empire in contemporary artistic practice. #ArtHistoryFestival2025 📸 Brian Benson

Autumn Symposium 2025: Beyond the Visual: Full Body in British Art History – Past, Present and Future How can art be experienced beyond the gaze? Join us for a full-day conference exploring the complex interplay between the senses in the creation and experience of art, ⬇️

That’s a wrap on the Art History Festival 2025 - thank you to all the artists, speakers, participants, and partners for a thought-provoking week of ideas and exchange across the UK. #ArtHistoryFestival2025

A brilliant evening at the National Gallery full of insight, creativity, and engaging discussion, part of #ArtHistoryFestival2025. Thank you to everyone who joined us. Scroll through for highlights from the night! 📸 Frederique Cifuentes

Halfway through our #ArtHistoryFestival2025! Last night’s Creative Resistance event brought powerful conversations and critical insights to the fore. With over 130 events across the UK and online, there’s still plenty more to engage with. ⬇️

What's on today at Art History Festival 2025: 🎨 AAH Key Event - Creative Resistance: An Evening of Art History Festival 2025 Join us today for an evening of VR experiences and critical conversations around how art shapes memory, sparks ecological awareness, and ⬇️

Audio Art: Utterly in the Picture at @NationalGallery, today. 🎻🎨 Cellist Nina Plapp performs a newly composed piece inspired by Henri Rousseau’s Surprised!, capturing the drama and mystery of the natural world through Rousseau’s vivid imagination. 🐅🌧️ ⬇️

🇳🇬Curatorial Conversation - Museum Development in Nigeria: The John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History, part of Art History Festival 2025 Will Rea, Senior Lecturer in African Art History, University of Leeds and Seun Oduwole, ⬇️

AAH Key Event, part of Art History Festival 2025, happening today: 🌎Art Nouveau and International Naturalism 📆Mon 15 Sept, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Leading art nouveau expert, Paul Greenhalgh, examines the relationship between Art Nouveau and nature – a key theme in his new book ⬇️

🎉 It’s here! 🎉 Today marks the start of Art History Festival 2025. Get curious, relax, have fun or learn something new at a free event online or at a venue near you, across the UK. See our full programme: festival.forarthistory.org.uk

Still time to register for my free online talk on #Pre-Raphaelite stained glass, next Mon 15th Sept 18.15- part of @forarthistory.org.uk festival www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-tal...

Next week is The Art History Festival - an annual event run by the @forarthistory.org.uk celebrating art, design & architecture The 2025 theme is Art & Nature & includes our exhibition Buss o Gress/Tuft of Grass in the programme festival.forarthistory.org.uk/event/buss-o... #ArtHistoryFestival2025

Tune in to @forarthistory.org.uk's Festival next week to discuss "Art & Extraction in the Pre-Modern Period" with Cara Wolahan, Lorenzo Gatta, Thomas Balfe, and yours truly - we'll be talking about mining, woodcutting, pearls, and of course water 💧 Register at forarthistory.org.uk/events/art-a...

🌼 The Art of Science and Nature Trail – part of Art History Festival 2025 From the importance of green urban spaces for our wellbeing to emotive depictions of climate change, this trail invites you to discover new ways to explore the art of science and nature. ⬇️

🎨 Creative Resistance: An Evening of Art History Festival 2025 Join us next Wednesday for an evening of VR experiences and critical conversations around how art shapes memory, sparks ecological awareness, and speaks to resistance in our changing world, part of Art History Festival 2025. 🌍🖼️ ⬇️

📣 For members of AAH: Apply for our Art History research grant! 📣 AAH offers grants of up to £1,000 to aid scholarly research, develop professional practice & further the learning of art history. Application deadline: 5pm, 30 Sep 2025. More info: https://loom.ly/-HIVJVM

The Association for Art History is now on Bloomberg Connects - a free digital guide for culture lovers. Browse & book 100+ Festival events across the UK, and find out more about what we do, all in one place. Download via the Bloomberg Connects app. #ForArtHistory

As part of the Art History Festival, Association for Art History is hosting its own events: Careers with Art History: Breaking into the Art World 💻 Thinking about a career in museums, galleries, auction houses, or arts nonprofits? This practical webinar is designed to help art history ⬇️

✨We're hiring ✨ The Association or Art History is looking for a part-time, permanent Administrator. The Administrator is responsible for taking care of office administration and providing support to the CEO. The post reports to the CEO, and works regularly with other members of the team. ⬇️

As part of the Art History Festival 2025, the Association for Art History is hosting a standout series of special online events in London. All events are free, booking essential.

As part of the Art History Festival 2025, the Association for Art History is hosting a standout series of special online events in London. All events are free, booking essential.

Deadline reminder: Call for Papers 2025 Autumn Symposium for PhD and Early Career Researchers 📅 Apply by Friday 5 Sept 🎤 Symposium: 7 Oct, 10am–6pm 📍 The Gallery, Cowcross Street, London 💡 Open to PhD students & early career researchers Full details and how to apply: https://loom.ly/nB9UMyo

As part of the Art History Festival 2025, the Association for Art History is hosting a standout series of special in-person events in London. They’re all free, but make sure you book.

As part of the Art History Festival 2025, the Association for Art History is hosting a standout series of special in-person events in London. They’re all free, but make sure you book. 🎤Friday Lates: James Fox’s Craftland Art historian and broadcaster James Fox will be talking about his new ⬇️

As part of #ArtHistoryFestival, AAH is hosting a standout series of free in-person events in London: Comic Relief: Sculpture Tour with Verity Babbs Join Verity Babbs - presenter, comedian, art historian and author for a tour of Frieze Sculpture, exploring how contemporary art interacts with nature.

As part of the Art History Festival 2025, the Association for Art History is hosting a standout series of special in-person events in London. They’re all free, but make sure you book.

Art History Festival: Exhibitions From immersive exhibitions to rare behind-the-scenes tours, all Art History Festival events are FREE, and you’re invited! Here's a sneak peek at three more must-see exhibitions:

Join our next Curatorial Conversations with @forarthistory.org.uk on Museum Development in Nigeria, exploring the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History. 🗓️ 18 September, 5:30–7pm (online) warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/curat...

Art History Festival: Exhibitions More art, more nature, more reasons to get out and explore. These three exhibitions are packed with emotion, creativity and a few surprises along the way. All free, no booking needed - just turn up and enjoy.

Art History Festival 2025: Exhibitions As part of this year's Art History Festival, we over a dozen exhibitions across the UK which celebrate art & nature. Here's your first must-see trio at the Art History Festival 2025: ⬇️

🌱 Art + Nature = The perfect family day out The Art History Festival has plenty of hands-on family activities across the UK this September, all celebrating this year’s theme: Art & Nature. Here are three of our family-focused events packed with creativity, nature and a little bit of history:

🌿 Art, Nature & Wellbeing 🎨 This year’s #ArtHistoryFestival explores how art and the natural world inspire, restore & uplift — from Chinese calligraphy to contemporary eco-art. 🗓 15–21 Sept 2025 | Free events UK-wide & online Browse events: https://loom.ly/jYycklc

Q: What is the #ArtHistoryFestival? A: A UK-wide, free celebration of the people who study and share art, with talks, tours & workshops across the country & online. join us! 👀 Browse events: https://loom.ly/jYycklc 📣 Submit yours: https://loom.ly/HHW1m2o

What will you see in this year's #ArtHistoryFestival? The Art History Festival is back from 15–21 September 2025 – all across the UK. Whether you're into quiet gallery tours, hands-on workshops, curators talks, or enjoying outside walks amongst artworks – there's something for everyone.

📣 Art History Festival 2025 📣 We are thrilled to announce the return of our UK-wide #ArtHistoryFestival2025. Join us this Sept. for a week of free talks, tours, workshops and more. Now in it's 5th year, the festival celebrates the richness of art history and the people who bring it to life.

The Association for Art History is pleased to welcome four new members to its Board of Trustees: Annabelle Scholar, Belinda Bowring, Dionne Griffith and ‪@halleoneal.bsky.social‬. Together, they bring a rich breadth of experience from across academia and the creative sector, ⬇️

Just 24 hours to submit your session proposals for the 2026 AAH Conference! 👇 forarthistory.org.uk/events/cfs-a...

Just 24 hours to get your 2026 AAH Conference session submissions in! 👇 forarthistory.org.uk/events/cfs-a...

🔔 Deadline Reminder: Tuesday 1 July 🔔 Call for Sessions: AAH 2026 Annual Conference Interested in sharing your research with an international community of art historians, curators, and creatives? Submit a session proposal for the 2026 Annual Conference, ⬇️

We are bidding a warm farewell to some of our Trustees who have been on the AAH board since 2019, each completing two three-years terms. Thank you for your support, Jorella Andrews, Emma Black, Kat Havelock, and Neil Walton.

🚨 Happening today: Join us online at 5:30pm (BST) for our June Curatorial Conversation: "European Sculpture in the Collection of His Majesty the King". 🎟️ Free to attend online. Book via: 🔗 https://loom.ly/-ETVMgY Organised by @decrarthistory.bsky.social with @warburginstitute.bsky.social

Need some Monday motivation for submitting your session proposal for our 2026 Art History Conference? Here you go! Three reasons why you should submit a session proposal for the Art History 2026 Conference: ⬇️

Reminder about our June Curatorial Conversations event next Wednesday! Curatorial Conversations: European Sculpture in the Collection of His Majesty The King Jonathan Marsden (former Director of the Royal Collection Trust) in conversation with Bill Sherman (The Warburg Institute, ⬇️

AAH works with its Art Market Steering Group to help students and young people to learn about, and enter into, careers in all aspects of art trade. The group works in an advisory, volunteer capacity and meets several times per year. ⬇️

📢 Call for Sessions: AAH 2026 Annual Conference We are delighted to announce that next year’s conference will be held in collaboration with the History of Art department at the University of Cambridge. ⬇️

Very exciting opportunity to work with me! Full time permanent post in art of the Global South, specialising in either early modern or modern art and material culture. Please share! #arthistory www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI408/d...

AAH is proud to be supporting our colleagues at @theartsandmindscampaign, in their open letter to the Government to put arts and the centre of education in the UK. Sign the open letter here: https://loom.ly/x1Y6PRM Image: Family Fridays, courtesy National Galleries Scotland. Image by Julie Howden