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.

LATEST NEWS

Posted 31 October 2019

Why repatriation is important

The question of repatriation is on the table again for negotiation internationally and the discussion has moved on from where it was in the last decades.

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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

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.

The official Facebook page for the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies at the University of Birmingham.

 

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