Curating and Art History

About this course

Curating and art history is a degree that combines the intellectual discipline of studying how visual art has been made and understood across history with the practical and conceptual skills of presenting that art to audiences in galleries, museums, and heritage sites. Curating is not simply organising an exhibition: it involves making arguments about meaning and value, understanding how objects speak to one another in proximity, considering the needs and expectations of diverse audiences, and negotiating the institutional, financial, and ethical contexts in which cultural objects are held and displayed. At the University of York this three-year programme includes a sandwich year, a year abroad, and work placement experience, making your degree substantively professional as well as academic. You will develop skills in art-historical analysis, archival research, and critical writing alon

Where its graduates go

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