Ben Thomas, Reader in Art History, will be introducing the Paul Mellon Centre’s Printmaking for Change series of events in October 2023. He will … Read more
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Experiments in Art and Text I
2nd year Art History student Skye Defoe sculpting in the workshop Taking inspiration from the African American sculptor Meta Warrick Fuller, Kent Art History … Read more
On reclaiming history at the British Museum
Elizabeth II Great Court. Drawing: Catherine Hahn 2022. Reclaiming History in the British Museum entranceway: imperialism, patronage and female, queer and black legacies, Rethinking History … Read more
CFP: Exhibition Design: Between Materiality and Spatial Dramaturgy
CFP: Exhibition Design: Between Materiality and Spatial Dramaturgy Session convened by Pamela Bianchi and Eve Kalyva 36th CIHA Congress (Comité International d’Histoire de l’Art), Lyon, … Read more
Ben Thomas in conversation with artist Paul Coldwell
Ben Thomas will be in conversation with artist Paul Coldwell on 12 April 2023 at 6.30pm at the Italian Cultural Institute in London. This event … Read more
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877-1968) Storytelling Sculpture at Danforth Art Museum
My highlight of 2022 was visiting the Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller collection at Danforth Art Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts with support from the University of Kent. … Read more
Raphael at the National Gallery
On 25 May 2022, Ben Thomas joined Tom Henry to discuss the current Raphael exhibition at the National Gallery as part of the Royal Drawing … Read more
Art or Pornography? Book presentation
Presentation of the book ‘Kunst of Pornografie?’ (‘Art or Pornography?’) by the authors Petra Van Brabandt and Hans Maes in the framework of the exhibition … Read more
Ben Thomas to give talk at UCL
Ben Thomas will be giving a talk at UCL’s Art History research seminar on 20 January at 6pm. The title is Sacred Monsters: Edgar Wind’s … Read more
Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment
The conference Edgar Wind: Art and Embodiment took place at the Italian Cultural Institute in London on 28-29 October 2021. It commemorated the 50th anniversary … Read more