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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 15h

1 DAY TO GO 🎨 Tomorrow, Art History Festival begins! From York to Exeter, Cambridge to Coventry, free events will be taking place across the UK and online from 5–11 October. See you tomorrow! Find an event near you: festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 17h

Workshops at Art History Festival From drawing and printmaking to art writing and gallery design, these workshops offer opportunities to get creative, learn new skills and explore art history through hands-on activities.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 03/10/2026

2 DAYS TO GO From Nottingham to Newcastle, Brighton to Bath, Art History Festival is almost here! Free events are taking place across the UK and online from 5–11 October, with plenty of opportunities to explore art history in new places. Find an event near you: festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 03/10/2026

Art and Ideas at Art History Festival 2026 From nature and place to memory, identity and materials, these events explore the different ways artists respond to the world around them. Discover exhibitions, installations and talks taking place across the UK and online as part of Art History Festival.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

3 DAYS TO GO! From Salisbury to Sheffield, Solihull to Gloucester, Art History Festival is bringing free events to towns and cities across the UK. From exhibitions and talks to tours and family events, there’s something happening from 5–11 October. festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

🔍 Behind the Scenes Tour 11 October | Newcastle upon Tyne/Gateshead 📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

🗄️ Wolverhampton Art Gallery Behind the Scenes Stores Tour 9 October | Wolverhampton 🧵 Tour celebrating 400 years of tapestries 9 October | London 🎨 Tour of Private Collection of Modern British Art 11 October | London

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

🖼️ Michaela Yearwood Dan – The Practice of Liberation Curator Tour 8 October | Manchester 🌸 Taster lecture: Paintings of women and the garden 8 October | Online 🏢 Private Tour of Deutsche Bank Art Collection 9 October | London

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

🎨 Curator Tour: Sisters, Brothers and Others: Nationality and 20th-century Chinese Art 7 October | Oxford 📚 ZSL Library & Archive Art Collection Tour 8 October | London 🌳 Drawing Inspiration – Curator-led Tour 8 October | Glasgow

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

🎨 Curator’s tour of Life and Liberty at Tate Britain 6 October | London 🌿 Looking with Nature: Self-guided Ecological Tour of the Collection 6–11 October | Newcastle upon Tyne 🖌️ Curator Tour – Imprint: Women Artists and the Reading School of Art 6 October | Reading

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

🏛️ Restoration tour of Boston Manor House 6 October | Brentford 🖼️ Guided Tour at the National Gallery 6–8 October | London 📚 Heritage Visit: The Life of Arthur Knighton-Hammond 6 October | Southwell

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

🐈 Visit the Royal Library at Windsor Castle 5 October | Windsor 🎨 Aberdeen Artworlds: The Linklater Collection 5–11 October | Aberdeen 🖼️ Drawing Together exhibition: curators talk and tour 5 October | Salisbury

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 02/10/2026

Tours & Visits at Art History Festival 🚶 From behind-the-scenes collections to curator-led tours, discover new ways to explore art, archives and exhibitions throughout Art History Festival 2026.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/10/2026

4 DAYS TO GO! From Edinburgh to Glasgow, Cardiff to Belfast and London to Bristol, there are free events happening across the UK from 5–11 October. Whether you’re heading to a gallery, joining an event online or discovering something new in your local area, there’s plenty to explore.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/10/2026

Discover more events taking place across the UK and online as part of Art History Festival 2026. 📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk #ArtHistoryFestival #ArtHistoryFestival2026 #ArtHistory #ForArtHistory

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/10/2026

👁️ Bryan Pearce: Ways of Seeing 9 October | Truro 🏰 Hamilton Palace: Scotland’s Greatest Treasure House Recreated 9 October | Online

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/10/2026

🎨 Pigments and Their Meanings: The Colours of Art from China to the Mediterranean 7 October | Online 🖨️ The Renaissance Print: Inventing a New Object 7 October | Online 🏛️ Wren, Wrenaissance, and Some Also-Wrens: The Incredible Career of Sir Christopher Wren 8 October | London

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/10/2026

🌿 The Art of Chinese Gardens: Nature and Philosophy 6 October | Online 🧵 Bayeux Around Britain 6–11 October | Exeter 👭 ‘No Friend Like a Sister’: Pre-Raphaelite Friends and Relations 7 October | Birmingham

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/10/2026

📜 Through Art, Through Memory: Representing Northern Ireland during the Second World War 5–11 October | Online 👑 Pearls, Sugar, & Tobacco Flowers: English Queens in an Atlantic World 6 October | London 🎨 Inventing Artemisia: Self-Fashioning and Identity in Seventeenth-Century Italy 6 Oct | Online

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 01/10/2026

🏛️ The Past in Focus From wartime memory and Renaissance prints to royal courts, historic houses and the stories held within artworks, explore events looking at how we understand the past through art.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 30/09/2026

5 DAYS TO GO! From Manchester to Liverpool, Dundee to Oxford and Birmingham, Art History Festival is popping up across the UK next week. With free events taking place in galleries, museums and online, there’s plenty to discover from 5–11 October. Where will you be joining us?

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 30/09/2026

📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 30/09/2026

📍 Picturing Place 7 October | Carlisle 📷 Sussex Spotlight: Oli Kellett 7–11 October | Hastings 🪭 Swaying in the Wind – Frédérick Gay: A Contemporary French Fan Maker 9 October | London 🎨 Off The Wall – Exhibition Opening 10 October | Harlow

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 30/09/2026

🪑 PLATFORM: Simone Brewster 5–11 October | London 🏺 Made from Scratch: Celebrating Ceramicist Julia Carter Preston 5–11 October | Liverpool 👗 Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus 5–10 October | Liverpool

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 30/09/2026

🎨 Life and Liberty: American Painters and the ‘Revolution’ in Art, 1770–90 5–11 October | London ☁️ Stunning Skies 5–11 October | Brighouse 🖼️ Ten Good Years 5–11 October | Cambridge

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 30/09/2026

👗 Worn: The Life Within Clothes 5–11 October | Manchester 🌀 Surreal Solihull 5–11 October | Birmingham 🪑 Won’t Sit Still 5–11 October | Manchester

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 30/09/2026

🖼️ Exhibitions at Art History Festival 2026 From contemporary design and ceramics to fashion, photography and painting, there are exhibitions to explore across the UK throughout Art History Festival week.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 29/09/2026

6 DAYS TO GO 🎨 The Art History Festival is nearly here! From Aberdeen to Belfast, Cambridge to Liverpool, there are free events happening across the UK from 5–11 October. Find an event near you: festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 29/09/2026

🚶Private Tour of Deutsche Bank Art Collection 9 October | Deutsche Bank AG, London 💻So, You Want to Work in Art? Careers in the Art World 10 October | Online 📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme via festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 29/09/2026

🎥 ‘We Were Here’: The untold history of Black Africans in the Renaissance 9 October | The National Gallery 💬In Conversation with Charmaine Watkiss 9 October | City Lit, London 👗Cosplay at the National Gallery 9 October | National Gallery, London

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 29/09/2026

🏛️Tour of the Linklaters Art Collection 7 October | Linklaters, London ⭐ A tour of the Fine Rooms 7 October | Royal Academy of Arts, London ❔Who Gets Left Out of Art History? 8 October | Online

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 29/09/2026

🇵🇱 European Dialogues in Art: Wojtkiewicz & Ensor at the Muzeum Narodowe, Warsaw 5 October | Muzeum Narodowe 🐉 Dragons, Knights and Imagined Worlds: How Medieval Art Shaped Modern Fantasy 5 October | Online 💿Cover Stories: Album Art as Art History 6 October | Online

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 29/09/2026

🎨 AAH Events at Art History Festival 2026 As part of this year’s Art History Festival, the Association for Art History is hosting a programme of events exploring different areas of art history.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 28/09/2026

⏰ 7 days to go! From exploring art in Ulster to discovering new perspectives in London, with events taking place online too, Art History Festival is bringing art history to audiences across the UK. 📅 5–11 October 2026 🎟️ Free events across the UK and online www.festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 23/09/2026

📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 Explore the full programme festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 23/09/2026

🖋️ Family Workshop: Sculpt in Ink 11 October | The Hepworth Wakefield Whether you’re making, exploring or getting hands-on with collections, there are plenty of ways for families to experience art history together.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 23/09/2026

🐕 Dogs in Art and Crafts 10 October | Dumfries Museum ✂️ Saturday Activity – Newlyn School Composition Collage 10 October | Penlee House Gallery & Museum, Penzance 🧶 Family Weaving Workshop 11 October | Garden Museum, London

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 23/09/2026

🖼️ Pictures, Places & Story Spaces 5-11 October | Museum Of Gloucester 🎨 Self-led Family Art Trails 6–10 October | Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery 🏛️ Roman Exeter and the Seaton Down Hoard gallery handling 7 October | RAMM, Exeter

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 23/09/2026

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family Events at Art History Festival 2026 Looking for something the whole family can enjoy this October? Art History Festival includes a range of free activities for families, with opportunities to explore exhibitions, make art and discover fascinating stories from the past. ⬇️

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

✏️Art Writing Workshop 11 October | Paul Mellon Centre, London Whether you’re interested in making, experimenting or finding out more about how artists and curators think, there’s something to get stuck into this October. 📅 5–11 October 2026 🔗 festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

💫 So, You Want to Work in Art? Careers in the Art World 10 October | Online 🏺 Traditional pottery techniques for Teens 10 October | The Exchange ✍️ Urban Sketching: Carlisle Historic Quarter 11 October | Carlisle

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

✂️ Situationist Pranks: Quips, Collage, and Consumption 10 October | Carlisle 🎬 Young People’s Workshop: Film, Art, Action 10 October | The Box, Plymouth 💿 Cover Story 10 October | Hundred Heroines Museum

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

👗Cosplay at the National Gallery 9 October | The National Gallery 🕌Islamic Art with Navid Molaaghaei of Islamic and Indian Art at Christie’s 9 October | Online 🧱 Young People (11–16 yrs): Clay Sgraffito with Kwame Lowe 10 October | Leighton House, London

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

💬 Discover New Perspectives: Articulation Alumni Ten Minute Talks 7 October | The National Gallery 🎨 Making Colour 8 October | Online ✨ Surrealism and Mysticism – The Automatic Message 8 October | Carlisle

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

🏛️ The Point of View: An Investigation into Curatorial Voice 6 October | Carlisle 🪑Furniture History with Thomas Williams, International Head of English Furniture & Clocks, Christie’s 6 October | Online ✏️ Drawing on Lines of Enquiry 7 October | Leeds Art Gallery

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

🎨 Events for Young People at Art History Festival 2026 There’s plenty to explore at this year’s Art History Festival, with events for young people spanning colour, curating, surrealism, collage, clay and film.

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 21/09/2026

A look back at four days in Venice with eight curators from across the UK, taking part in a professional development programme hosted by @artfund.bsky.social and the Association for Art History. ⬇️

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 18/09/2026

🎨 SMALL WONDERS: Masterworks by Alfred Cohen 11 October | Alfred Cohen Museum, Wighton Across the week, explore works you may already know from a new perspective, encounter lesser-known pieces, and discover collections in places you might not expect. 🔗 festival.forarthistory.org.uk

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Association for Art History @forarthistory.org.uk · 18/09/2026

🖼️ Exeter’s Fine Art Gallery: Highlights from the Collection 6–11 October | Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter 🧵 South Asian & Korean Textiles Study Session 8 October | The Whitworth, Manchester 🧶 The Sybils Tapestry 9 October | Sir Duncan Rice Library, Aberdeen

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