News

New OU/BBC Series: Secrets of the Museum
3rd February 2020
Starting on Thursday 6 February, a new six-part OU/BBC series “Secrets of the Museum” airs on BBC Two at 8pm.
Warren Carter Invited to Give Keynote Lecture at Humboldt University of Berlin
9th December 2019
Dr Carter will give his keynote as part of the Marxism(s) in Art Historiography conference held at the Humboldt University, Berlin 31st Jan -2nd Feb 2020. For more information on the conference, please follow this link.
Leah Clark Received Runner-up Award for 'Outstanding Impact of Research on Society and Prosperity'
25th October 2019
Art History Senior Lecturer, Dr Leah Clark, received the runner-up award for 'Outstanding Impact of Research on Society and Prosperity' for her leadership of the project Open Arts Objects as part of the 2019 OU Research Excellence Awards.
Dr Clare Taylor has been elected as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
27th September 2019
The department of Art History would like to congratulate Senior Lecturer, Dr Clare Taylor for her recent election as Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.
Event: Revisiting Art History Teaching at the OU: Retention, Progression and Future Plans
24th September 2019
We are delighted to announce that the Art History department will hold an Associate Lecturer Staff Development event in spring 2020: 'Revisiting Art History Teaching at the OU: Retention, Progression and Future Plans'.
Open Arts Objects Shortlisted for Times Higher Education Awards 2019
6th September 2019
Art History Open Arts Objects (OAO) has been shortlisted for the prestigious Times Higher Education Awards 2019, winners to be announced in November.
New Issues of the Open Arts Journal Published
4th July 2019
Two issues of the Open Arts Journal have been published, and available for downloading from the Open Arts Journal website.
Leon Wainwright Gave Invited Talk at Tate Britain Summer Exhibition on Frank Bowling
14th June 2019
As part of the major summer exhibition at Tate Britain focusing on the painter Frank Bowling, Leon Wainwright was invited in June 2019 to speak on ‘The Transnational and the Provincial: Frank Bowing and the Atlantic Divide’, at My Guyana to Great Thames: Frank Bowling in Context.
Leah Clark's Renaissance Art Exhibit to Feature in British Academy Summer Showcase 2019
12th June 2019
Dr Leah Clark's Renaissance Art project is chosen to feature in British Academy Summer Showcase 2019, which will take place on 21-22 June in the Academy’s central London home.
Book Publication: Local Antiquities, Local Identities
17th October 2018
Kathleen Christian is pleased to announce the publication this week of a new volume Local antiquities, local identities: Art, literature and antiquarianism in Europe, c. 1400–1700, which she co-edited with Bianca de Divitiis (University of Naples).