If you are interested in studying for an undergraduate degree in fine art at the Slade, sign up for one of our Q&A open days in July. For more information see the Undergraduate Open Days website.
Posted Saturday, 18th June 2022 00:00
We regret that due to the impact of the train strike on audience attendance for tomorrow's event, the In Conversation with Sir Christopher Le Brun has been cancelled.
Posted Thursday, 9th June 2022 00:00
Interworlds: Remi Rana Allen and Sinta Tantra focuses on the work of leading artists Remi Rana Allen and Sinta Tantra. Online via Zoom, Tuesday 14 June, 3 - 5pm. Free, book via Eventbrite.
Posted Friday, 27th May 2022 00:00
The Slade@150, co-directed by Kate Stonehill and Justin Hardy premieres at the Bloomsbury Theatre, 6 - 7pm on Wednesday 8 June 2022. Tickets are free, book via the Bloomsbury Theatre.
Posted Wednesday, 25th May 2022 00:00
We are pleased to announce that 94% of our individual research outputs were recognised as ‘world leading’ (55%) and ‘internationally excellent’ (39%) in REF 2021. Overall our research culture was judged to be 88% ‘world leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’.
Posted Thursday, 12th May 2022 00:00
Graduate Show featuring the work of 70 MA/MFA final year student continues to Saturday 25 June, 10am - 8pm daily.
Please note: Thursday 23 June. The Slade remains open whilst the Quad is closed today. Please follow the UCL Security guidance for entry to the building.
Posted Thursday, 5th May 2022 00:00
Booking is now open for our summer short courses in painting. See our Short Courses page for details, including new courses in Colour Theory and Practice and Life Painting.
Posted Thursday, 21st April 2022 00:00
Colour & Poetry: A Symposium IV, 20 – 22 March 2022, is a cross and interdisciplinary three-day online event held by the Slade. Booking via Eventbrite, further information on the Colour & Poetry page.
Posted Thursday, 10th March 2022 00:00
Congratulations to current Slade students Annie Lee and Olivia Lopez who have been appointed as artists-in-residence at UCL East.
Posted Wednesday, 9th February 2022 00:00
Spineless Wonders II: Community Presses; Multilingualism and Translation; Ephemera and the Environment. The second of a 3-day series of events presenting research on small press publications. Friday 18 February 2022, via Zoom. Tickets via Eventbrite.
Posted Monday, 31st January 2022 00:00
This symposium will offer historical perspectives alongside contemporary views through the celebration of the work of those who have identified as women artists who studied at the Slade. Wednesday, 9 February, 2-5pm via Zoom. Reserve via Eventbrite.
Posted Monday, 31st January 2022 00:00
BA/BFA applicants for entry 2022-2023. Those who applied before the 26 January deadline will have received an email inviting them to upload their portfolio. Please see our video with instructions to help you with this process. The deadline for BA/BFA portfolio submission is 11.59pm (GMT), Friday 11 February 2022.
Posted Wednesday, 19th January 2022 00:00
The deadline for MA/MFA applications is Tuesday 5 January 2022. If you have any questions regarding applications or uploading your portfolio, please see our webpage.
Posted Tuesday, 4th January 2022 00:00
The Slade is closed from 5:30pm, Wednesday 22 December 2021 until 9:30am, Tuesday 4 January 2022. If you have any questions regarding applications or uploading your video, please see our webpage.
We wish you all a happy and healthy break.
Posted Tuesday, 14th December 2021 00:00
Booking for our spring term short courses in drawing and painting is now open. See our Short Courses pages.
Posted Monday, 13th December 2021 00:00
Booking is now open for our Undergraduate Online Q&A event on Thursday 9 December, 5 - 6pm. This is an opportunity to ask to ask Slade Undergraduate tutors about the Slade's BA/BFA programme. Booking via Eventbrite.
Posted Monday, 6th December 2021 00:00
There will be an online event on 15 December to officially launch the publication Print Pals: Then and Now as part of the Slade 150 series of events/celebrations. Free, reserve via Eventbrite.
Posted Wednesday, 1st December 2021 00:00
The Slade School of Fine Art is delighted to welcome internationally acclaimed artist and Slade alumna Zineb Sedira to give the next William Townsend Memorial Lecture on Wednesday 8 December. This year's event takes place online. Booking is free, reserve via Eventbrite.
Posted Tuesday, 23rd November 2021 00:00
Making Colour is an afternoon symposium of presentations and poetry readings from within the arts and sciences that celebrate the colours of the rainbow. It takes place online on Wednesday 8 December 2021, 1-4pm. Free, book via Eventbrite. Full programme on Slade 150.
Posted Monday, 22nd November 2021 00:00
Professor Kieren Reed celebrates an enigmatic icon of the Slade School of Fine Art, the Felix Slade Tondo, in November's edition of Portico magazine.
Posted Friday, 19th November 2021 00:00
To replace our usual Slade Open Days, this live online Q&A event is an opportunity to ask a panel of Slade graduate tutors about the MA/MFA programme. Our final online event for postgraduates is on 8 December, please book via Eventbrite.
Posted Wednesday, 17th November 2021 00:00
Small Press Artists Books; The Global Book; Materials, Materiality and Process conference on Friday 12 November, online via Zoom. Booking is free, tickets via Eventbrite. Full programme on our Spineless Wonders event page.
Posted Monday, 8th November 2021 00:00
UCL Special Collections’ online exhibition ‘Word as Art: Beauty in the Archives’ is now online! Inspired by the Slade 150th anniversary, Word as Art celebrates the way we have embellished the word. Visit the Word as Art website.
Posted Wednesday, 3rd November 2021 00:00
We are delighted to announce our online Contemporary Art Lecture programme for autumn 2021. See our Contemporary Art Lecture page for further information.
Posted Thursday, 30th September 2021 00:00
As part of the Slade 150 anniversary, the UCL Art Museum hosts the exhibition Testing Ground from 29 September 2021 - 10 June 2022. See Testing Ground on Slade 150 for further information.
Posted Thursday, 30th September 2021 00:00
Booking now open for our autumn short courses in drawing and painting. See our Short Courses pages for further information.
Posted Thursday, 16th September 2021 00:00
To mark the start of the Slade’s 150th anniversary year, we will be hosting an online launch event on 4 October, which will mark the start of the celebrations and introduce the events that will follow through the year. Tickets via Eventbrite.
Posted Tuesday, 14th September 2021 00:00
As part of our Slade 150 celebrations, Slade 150: Recent Moving Image From The Slade is showing at the Ciné Lumière - Institut français, Saturday 11 September, at 2pm, as part of Open City Documentary Festival.
Posted Monday, 6th September 2021 00:00
On its eleventh edition, the Open City Documentary Festival will run 8-14 September in London and 13-23 September online. This year there are several events in relation to Slade 150, the Slade's 150th anniversary.
Posted Monday, 6th September 2021 00:00
Our second summer show, featuring our 2020 graduating artists takes place from 4 - 14 September 2021, Monday - Saturday, 10am - 5:30pm, at the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT. Booking essential via UCL Ticketing.
Posted Friday, 6th August 2021 00:00