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 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.

Posted 25 October 2018

Maman: Vuillard and Madame Vuillard

Curated by Dr Francesca Berry, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies, Maman: Vuillard and Madame Vuillard (19 October 2018 to 20 January 2019) focuses on Vuillard's fascination with his mother's roles as care-giver and housewife, artisan and businesswoman.

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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.