At the Slade School of Fine Art we approach the practice of contemporary art and the history and theories that inform it in an experimental, research-oriented and imaginative way. An art school with a world leading reputation, the Slade makes a significant contribution to the field of contemporary art both nationally and internationally.
For undergraduates we offer a three-year BFA and four-year BA. At graduate level we have an MA and MFA, as well as MPhil/PhD. We welcome international students and also offer our undergraduates the opportunity to study abroad.
We are a world leading university department for research in Fine Art. All studio staff are practising artists and actively involved in research as well as teaching.
Our staff and students are lively and engaged with a wide range of initiatives nationally and internationally, and you may have heard of a number of our alumni.
Booking is now open for our Summer School and unique Summer Foundation. Our Short Courses run from October to March and we also run courses at Easter.
The Slade's foundation in 1871 was the result of a bequest from Felix Slade who envisaged a school where fine art would be studied within a liberal arts university.
Chila Kumari Singh Burman has been invited to create Tate Britain’s Winter Commission. Her new work can be seen on Tate Britain's façade from 14 November 2020 - 31 January 2021.
Join us on Zoom for our Contemporary Art Lecture series Autumn 2020! Listen to artists talk about their work on Wednesdays from 5pm (UK time). Full programme on our Contemporary Art Lecture webpage.
British Art Now at Tate Britain, Millbank, London SW1P 4RG, features work by alumni including Pablo Bronstein, Mona Hatoum, Kim Lim and Monster Chetwynd. The show is scheduled to run until 1 November 2020. See the Tate website for further information and booking.
Kasia Depta-Garapich and Cherry Song are showing in Melancholia at the Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens, London NW3 5SX, from 21 October - 15 November 2020. See the Freud Museum website for further information.
Maggi Hambling: Making Love with the Paint is showing Saturday 24 October, 9 - 10pm on BBC2, to mark her 75th birthday.
Available on iPlayer until 21 November 2020: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nx23
