Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies

The Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies was established in 1990 and it has grown steadily in staff and student numbers since then. Teaching takes place in the Barber Institute. This houses an excellent and representative collection of post-medieval European art. The Department is recognised internationally for both its high level of student satisfaction and the quality of its research output.

Ranked second for History of Art in the UK

Birmingham rises in the Guardian University Guide 2020 league tables

LATEST NEWS

Posted 09 September 2019

Inclusive Arts exhibition opening at the RBSA in partnership with Sense

Featuring work created by Sense artists with complex disabilities.

Posted 22 July 2019

Final articles for Midlands Art Papers 2 published

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Forthcoming Events

We are proud to offer throughout the academic year a series of events and research seminars closely tied to the department academic work.

Our research blog

The Golovine is the official Blog for the Department and takes its name from one of the most popular artworks in the collection of The Barber Institute of Fine Arts: Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun’s c.1797 Portrait of Countess Golovine.