'Two-dimensional versus three-dimensional pictorial organization' - Aesthetics Research Group seminar

Wednesday 12 October, 5pm, KS17

Bence Nanay
Professor of Philosophy and BOF Research Professor, University of Antwerp Senior Research Associate, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge

Ana Maria Pacheco at Studio 3 Gallery

January 17 2011 – 17th May 2011

Studio 3 Gallery begins 2011 with a major artistic event: Shadows of the Wanderer by Ana Maria Pacheco. This work has been described by Galleries Magazine as ‘a major new sculptural work by perhaps the most powerful and original of significant artists practicing in this country’.

The Force of the Name

May 10 5pm 2011

Film Studies and History and Philosophy of Art are delighted to announce a research talk by Professor Amanda Beech. Her work explores the operations and hopes for artistic critique in the context of neo-liberalism.

HPA & Fine Art Joint Evening Seminar and Reception

Tuesday 29 March 2011 18.15 (wine reception) 19.00 Seminar.

Belgian sculptor Michael Aerts discusses his work.

Guest Lecture: The Soviet side of the Cold War: the history of East-West military confrontation

Wednesday February 23rd Grimond Lecture Theatre 1

The Schools of English, History and Arts announce a guest lecture by Professor Irina Bystrova, a Leading Researcher in the Centre for Military History at the Institute of Russian History, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. All colleagues and students within the School of Arts are invited to attend this cross-School event and reception which follows.

Contemporary Portrait Practices seminar

23 November 2010

This seminar examines the contemporary state of portraiture in Britain from a range of angles... More

New Book on British Contemporary Art by HPA Lecturer Grant Pooke

11th October 2010

Contemporary British Art [Routledge 2010] has been authored as an introduction to some of the themes, ideas and directions which have informed British art since the 1980s through to the first decade of the
new millennium. More

In Elysium: Prints by James Barry

4 October - 17 December 2010

An exhibition of original prints by 'the great historical painter' James Barry (1741-1806) and his contemporaries, including Reynolds, Gainsborough, Mortimer and Fuseli. Studio 3 Gallery, Jarman Building. More

Art Histories, Cultural Studies and the Cold War

Friday 24th September 2010

IGRS London - Full Programme and registration form now available. More

HPA students display work on Unibuses in Canterbury

31st May

The next time that you hop on the Unibus, look out for posters on display featuring photographs by students from the History and Philosophy of Art module, “Camera, Light and Darkroom.” More

'Krikey! Kentemporary Prints; from Peter Blake to Tracy Emin'

10th May - 4th June 2010. Jarman Studio 3. Free admission

Includes an array of modern and contemporary original prints by artists with links to Kent. Exhibitors include Peter Blake, Tracey Emin, The Chapman Brothers, Frank Auerbach, Humphrey Ocean, Gary Hume, Chris Orr, Shane Wheatcroft and Ana Maria Pacheco. Full exhibition catalogue here

HPA postgraduate contributes to Warburg studies

5th Oct 2009

HPA postgraduate student Tiziana Villani has contributed to an important new book exploring the links between the art historian Aby Warburg, and the famous research institute founded by him, and Italian culture. More

The Art of Lithography - inaugural exhibition of the School of Arts new gallery in the Jarman Building,

24th March-7th May 2010

The exhibition brings together many rare and important prints by French artists in the 19th Century and re-examines the way lithography became a significant part of the visual culture and artistic production of France in that period. More

Kent artists stage joint exhibition at Canary Wharf

19-30 April 2010

A joint exhibition of new paintings by Angus Pryor, Director of Fine Art at the University of Kent, and recent sculptures by local resident William Henry, a graduate of the University of Kent’s Associate College Fine Art Programme at Ashford, will open at the West Wintergarden, 25-40 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, on 19 April. More

Professor Griselda Pollock (University of Leeds):
Aesthetic Witnessing in the Era of Trauma

Wednesday 3rd March at 5pm
Grimmond Lecture theatre

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Exhibition of British Lithographs

5th Oct 2009

An exhibition of twentieth century British prints by artists including Henry Moore, John Piper, Graham Sutherland and David Hockney will be on display in Keynes College during Autumn Term 2009. Twentieth-Century British Lithographs: From Pastoral to Pop Art was curated by the Revd. Stephen Laird, University Chaplain and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Kent.
Exhibition catalogue here (pdf)

Scholarship for graduating HPA student

29th June 2009

Monique Kent has been awarded a Drake-Lewis Memorial Scholarship by the University of Essex to undertake an MA in Curating. As part of her studies, Monique undertook an internship at Turner Contemporary, and contributed to the curating of the Print Collecting and Curating module exhibition Dreams and Nightmares.

Final year student photography exhibition

“Reflections of Light,” an exhibition of photographs by final year History and Philosophy of Art students opens on 22nd May in the Keynes college Teaching Foyer and Gallery. More.

‘Art Xchange’ for the Canterbury Campus

21st Jan 2009

Following recent discussions between staff from the School of Drama, Film & Visual Arts and Kent Business School, students on the University’s BA and MA Programmes in Fine Art will have the prospect of an additional Canterbury Campus venue to showcase some of their penultimate and final year degree work. More

Jerrold Levinson: Visiting Leverhulme Professor

The School of Arts and the Aesthetics Research Group are pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Jerrold Levinson as Visiting Leverhulme Professor in the Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent for 2008-9. More

Leverhulme Trust Award

2nd Dec 2008

Dr Grant Pooke, History & Philosophy of Art, in collaboration with the Marx Memorial Library has been awarded a project grant of £39,000 from the Leverhulme Trust to research and catalogue a recently discovered archive of rare Soviet and Comintern Posters dating from the 1920s and 1930s. The discovery arose from research initially undertaken for Dr Pooke’s recent biography of the late Marxist Art Historian, Francis Klingender, who had been a member of the Marx Library in the 1930s.

Important New Donation to the Kent Print Collection

1st Oct 2008

The Kent Print Collection has recently acquired through donation an important example of the British Abstract Constructivist School: Pembroke Drawing no. 3 (1977) by George Dannatt. More

Donation of catalogues supports Kent Print Collection

29th July 2008

We are very grateful to the art dealer Christopher Mendez, who has kindly donated the full run of his sale catalogues from 1969 to the University of Kent. This gift provides an important scholarly resource for the study of prints which will support the teaching of History and Philosophy of Art's Print Collecting and Curating module.

HPA lecturer exhibits work in Taipei

30th May 2008

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Deutscher Memorial Prize Nomination

5th May 2008

History & Philosophy of Art lecturer Dr Grant Pooke has been nominated for the Deutscher Memorial Prize for his biography Francis Klingender: A Marxist Art Historian Out of Time, published earlier this year by the Marx Memorial Library to commemorate the centenary of Klingender’s birth. More

The Art of Comedy
An investigation of humour through prints
Kent Print Collection Third Exhibition 2008

The exhibition is curated by HPA undergraduates taking the award-winning module Print Collecting and Curating. More

Important donation to Kent Print Collection

5th May 2008

The Kent Print Collection has recently received an important donation from William and Sue Church of two original aquatint plates by Harry Eccleston. More

The Paradox of Mezzotint

An exhibition of original prints after Titian, Guido Reni, Lely, Kneller, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Kauffman and Reynolds. More

Museum of Canterbury: 12 April – 11 June 2008
Strang Print Room, UCL: 2 July – 31 October 2008

Museum of Canterbury, Stour Street
Monday to Saturday 10.30-17.00
Admission charge to Museum, free to Resident Card holders
Contact: 01227 475202

Strang Print Room, UCL
Gower Street, London
Monday to Friday 13.00-17.00 (free access)
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/uclart/

Major new donation to Kent Print Collection

7/02/2008

We are delighted to announce a major donation of several hundred prints to the Kent Print Collection. The prints range from the Sixteenth Century to the present day and cover the complete range of techniques used during the history of printmaking. More

University teaching prize for HPA

5/2/2008

Dr Ben Thomas has been awarded the Humanities Faculty Teaching Prize for his module Print Collecting and Curating. The prize money of £5000 will go towards the acquisitions fund for the Kent Print Collection. More