Department of History of Art

Join a global conversation about art’s history and meaning, in a Department where world-class research meets an inclusive, international approach to visual and material culture.

The Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge

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Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds: New Perspectives through Henry Moore
Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds

New Perspectives through Henry Moore
Tuesday 22 & Wednesday 23 September 2026
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
The Department of History of Art at the University of Cambridge
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The Modern and Contemporary Art Seminar Series: Making 'Gina Pane: actions through time'

12 October 2026 5:30pm to 7:00pm Lecture Room 1, Faculty of Architecture and History of Art

MACA Michaelmas Maude-Roxby and Delpeux

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2 Sep 2026

Conference: Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds

Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds: New Perspectives through Henry Moore

5 Aug 2026

Professor Robin Middleton (1931-2026)

Robin Middleton 1969

29 Jul 2026

Professor Alyce Mahon is giving a talk on her new book 'Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World'

Dorothea Tanning: Eine Kleine Nacktmusik, 1943, Tate Collection

10 Jul 2026

On 8 July, the Department of History of Art hosted a workshop on the artist Rosemary Mayer

Rosemary Meyer - Ghost of Scroope Terrace

2 Jul 2026

CONFERENCE 2026: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Recasting Global Modernities and the Making of Shared Worlds: New Perspectives through Henry Moore

25 Jun 2026

Applications now open £1,000 prize for research on South Netherlandish Art 1400–1800

Burlington Magazine Prize for Netherlandish Art Research