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Art and the Women’s Movement in the UK 1970–1988: Drop-in Discussion: Mary Kelly’s Multi-Story House

The Whitworth Oxford Road, Manchester

A free drop-in discussion to hear about the artwork Multi-Story House (2007) by Mary Kelly and Ray Barrie, currently on display at the Whitworth, as part of our new research group exploring connections between art and the women’s movement. The walls of Multi-Story House are inscribed with intergenerational reflections on the women’s movement, gathered together […]

Two microphones on stands, both pointing down towards the floor

The Artist Interview in Britain, 9 September 2022

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 16 Bedford Square, London, United Kingdom

This seminar aims to create a network of historians, curators, artists and critics who are interested in discussing methodological and ethical questions about interviews, as well as uncovering and mapping British interview collections.

artwork image - historic photographic image in sepia tones to left, a deep crevice bridged by an iron structure, the sea beyond; to the right a colour photograph of the interior of a cave or rock arch, foliage beyond, and blue sky and sea to right beyond that

Art, Memory and Place, September 2022

Turner Contemporary Rendezvous, Margate

On Wednesday 14th September 2023 Art360 Foundation hosted a seminar, supported by the British Art Network, at Turner Contemporary, Margate, posing the question: how does art allow us to think about memory and place?   The panel represented a diverse range of practices and approaches to the question of ‘place’ within their work, from the fields […]

Image of sculptures by Veronica Ryan

Black Art and the Burden of Representation, 20 October 2022

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 16 Bedford Square, London, United Kingdom

Taking a cue from Kobena Mercer's 1990 essay Black art and the Burden of representation, this seminar will serve as a starting point for unpacking questions and ideas surrounding the representation of the Black community in public sculptures.

People, collections, and colonial histories: a workshop on research and engagement in 18th and 19th century British art

The Royal Academy of Arts Burlington House, London

Clore Learning Centre,  Royal Academy of Arts, London Friday 23rd September 2022, 2-5pm This seminar brought together museum and heritage professionals to reflect on decolonial research and related projects within collections of 18th and 19th century British art. The event provided an opportunity to share our Collections team’s progress on research into the early Royal Academy […]

A gold chalice and paten

Curating Roman Catholic Material Culture 1536-1829, 3 October 2022

The British Museum Great Russell St, London

This workshop has been conceived with a view to allowing curators and other interested parties to develop the knowledge, language, and network needed to facilitate access to, present, interpret and mobilise Catholic heritage for multi-cultural audiences of diverse spiritual or no faith backgrounds.

collaged image of texts and image of seascape with blue sky and white clouds

‘The Work Before The Work’: Redrafting Institutional Writing Practices, October 2022

This event is one in a series of 15 BAN supported seminars for 2022. Organised by Maria Fusco, University of Dundee and Adam Benmakhlouf ‘The Work Before The Work’: Redrafting Institutional Writing Practices is an online event about what happens when art institutions advertise their output as progressive and radical, whilst upholding the material circumstances that […]

abstract looking painting in very deep reds and greens, an indistinct organic form at the centre

Inter Scape: South Asian British women artists

Online Event

Inter Scape: South Asian British women artists Seminar supported by British Art Network Monday 17th October, 2.00 – 4.00 pm BST   Free, via Zoom. Book on Eventbrite The seminar explores South Asian British women artists contributions to contemporary art in presentations by artist Naiza Khan, art historian Rina Arya, curator Uthra Rajgopal and artist Uzma Sultan […]

A group of students gathered around a table on which artworks are displayed

BAN / YCBA Curatorial Forum, October 2022

Are you actively engaged in curating British art – whether in a museum or gallery, heritage context, or as an artist-researcher or freelancer, anywhere in the world? Do you have something to say about the state of curating? Are you ready to share your experiences and engage in forward-looking debate? The Yale Center for British […]

Image of sculptures by Veronica Ryan

Black Art and the Burden of Representation

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 16 Bedford Square, London, United Kingdom

We are pleased to announce that the postponed seminar 'Black Art & the Burden of Representation' has been rescheduled for Thursday 20 October, 10.30am-4.45pm. The event will include tours of the Hackney Windrush sculptures and the new Fourth Plinth commission by Samson Kambalu. If you are able to attend the new date, please register here. […]

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