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.

World-class gallery

Our Barber Institute of Fine Art offers students a first-rate learning environment

LATEST NEWS

Posted 13 November 2018

Midlands Art Papers article leads to rediscovery of 'lost' Sophie Anderson painting

Dr Kate Nichols, editor of MAP and Birmingham Fellow of British Art for the University of Birmingham, blogs about how their article for Midland Art Papers has lead to the rediscovery of a 'lost' Sophie Anderson painting.

Posted 01 November 2018

10 place rise in THE World University Rankings 2019

We are now ranked 70 in the subject ranking for arts and humanities, which covers art, performing arts, design, languages, literature, linguistics, history, philosophy, theology, architecture and archaeology.

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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.