2025-26 Events Schedule
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2025-26 Events Schedule

This year's UCL History of Art events schedule.

Research Seminar Series
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Research Seminar Series

Featuring talks from an international selection of art historians. 

CSCA
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CSCA

Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art researcher community.

Past Imperfect
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Past Imperfect

Visual culture seminars exploring concerns with the past in the present.

Tomás Harris
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Tomás Harris

Lectures from scholars dedicated to Tomás Harris, artist and art dealer.

Nikos Stangos Memorial Lecture
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Nikos Stangos Memorial Lecture

Lecture series in memory of Nikos Stangos, preeminent 20th CE art editor.

Awards and Achievements
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Awards and Achievements

Awards and achievements from our brilliant staff, students and alumni.

Department news

Exploring Colour in Film: Dr Kirsty Sinclair Dootson Opens BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed
Exploring Colour in Film: Dr Kirsty Sinclair Dootson Opens BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed

Exploring Colour in Film: Dr Kirsty Sinclair Dootson Opens BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed

In January, Dr Kirsty Sinclair Dootson opened a new series of BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed with a wide-ranging discussion on colour in film, sharing her research with a national audience.

12 Feb 2026

Curating Kerry James Marshall Event
Curating Kerry James Marshall Event

Curating Kerry James Marshall Event

On 15 January 2026, we had the pleasure of hosting a panel discussion in the closing week of Kerry James Marshall: The Histories.

19 Jan 2026

UCL Masters Student Shares V&A Blog on Nabaztag Research
UCL Masters Student Shares V&A Blog on Nabaztag Research

UCL Masters Student Shares V&A Blog on Nabaztag Research

We’re pleased to share a new V&A Museum blog post by our MSc Conservation of Contemporary Art and Media student, reflecting on a recent placement with the V&A’s Digital and Design Curatorial team.

19 Jan 2026