Welcome to the Department of History of Art

Dear all,

Welcome to the History of Art Department at UCL. This is one of the most exciting places in the world to study art history and visual cultures – our lecturers are leading researchers in their fields, teaching and researching in all periods from medieval to contemporary. We’re a community of scholars who are committed to pushing the critical boundaries of studying art in all its forms. We shape academic and public understanding of art and visual culture through our books and articles, the exhibitions we curate and the events we host, and we bring this expertise into our teaching at every level.

The Department is committed to widening access to the discipline and to developing a more inclusive environment for the study of art and visual cultures. We have a longstanding commitment to feminist art histories and to interrogating questions of gender and sexuality, race and class. Recently, in line with our aim to advance global understanding within art history, we’ve taken steps to expand the geographical horizons of our teaching and research with a series of transformative new appointments in art and visual cultures of the Global South.