🎉 University of St Andrews top in the UK for Art History in 2027! School of Art History achieves first place in the History of Art subject area league table in The Times & The Sunday Times University Rankings 2027 and The Guardian University Guide 2027! 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...

Congratulations to all our students graduating and celebrating next week. 👏🎓🎉 Read our handy guide covering everything from what happens in the ceremony to what to wear when graduating. 👇 https://ow.ly/aTUy50Z9R33 #ForeverSaints #EverToExcel

Call For Papers: Revisiting the Canon

To keep up with School of Art History news and events make sure you follow our Linktree account! 👉 linktr.ee/arthistoryst...

Octavia Elfrida Saunders Memorial Lecture 2026 Professor Craig Clunas: 'Painting the Learned Woman in Ming China' For more information: events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/octav... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Coming soon: Fake or Real? Questioning the Authenticity of Mina’i Ware Bowls: Dr Richard Piran McClary All welcome. Check poster for more information! 📷 Modern forgery of a mina'i bowl, formerly owned by Harvey B. Plotnik

Coming soon! Elizabeth J. Petcu (The University of Edinburgh) on "Dürer's Precision". All welcome! Check poster for more details!

Today is the day! Looking forward to welcoming Lucy Beall Lott from @arthistorysta.bsky.social! Remember to sign up by following the link below!

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Mark your calendars ✨ On 17 Feb, Lucy Beall Lott of @arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey 🗓️ 17 Feb ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

Happy Lunar New Year - welcome to the Year of the Horse! 🧧🐎 Wishing all our students, staff, alumni and friends, in St Andrews and around the world, a very happy and prosperous Spring Festival. #EverToExcel

Coming soon! Elizabeth J. Petcu (The University of Edinburgh) on "Dürer's Precision". All welcome! Check poster for more details!

From our latest issue on 'Romantic Shock and Surprise': 'Romantic Shock and Industrial Catastrophe' by Stephanie O'Rourke (@arthistorysta.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social). 🔓 Read in open access: litterariapragensia.ff.cuni.cz/2025-69-5/

Students! Are you looking for inspiration for your Art & Design A Level? 🖼️ Our new learning resources have plenty of artworks on your exam themes to get you started 👉 https://artuk.org/learn/learning-resources/view_as/grid/search/2026--lr_resource:exam-support--lrresource_auto:a-level-2026

New series 🎥✨ We visited 'From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ at University of St Andrews' Wardlaw Museum. Explore the work of Mhairi Killin and John Duncan Fergusson in the last episode 👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d1mLUHO6h0 #RSA200 Royal Scottish Academy

From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity at Wardlaw Museum | Mhairi Killin and John Duncan Fergusson

In this video, Art UK visits the Wardlaw Museum to view the ‘From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition. This exhibition celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Harry and Margery Boswell Collection at the University of St Andrews, and the 200th anniversary of the Royal Scottish Academy of Art and Architecture, Edinburgh. Assistant Curator Struan Watson examines the work of Mhairi Killin and John Duncan Fergusson, tracing how Scottish identity extends beyond place and borders.

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Mark your calendars ✨ On 17 Feb, Lucy Beall Lott of @arthistorysta.bsky.social will present: ‘Out of the Mouths of Babes': Reassessing the Lost Miracle Statue of Saint Rumwald at Boxley Abbey 🗓️ 17 Feb ⏰ 17:30 GMT 🏛️ IN PERSON @ihr.bsky.social & 💻 ONLINE Sign up now: bit.ly/londonmedieval

New series 🎥✨ We visited the 'These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity’ exhibition at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Wardlaw Museum Assistant Curator Struan Watson guides us through the work of William McTaggart and Callum Innes in the first episode 👉 youtu.be/MoTTAHBNtJQ?...

From These Parts: Scotland, Art and Identity at Wardlaw Museum | William McTaggart and Callum Innes

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It's quiz time ⏲️ How much do you know about still life? Take our quiz to find out! 👉 https://artukdotorg.quillforms.app/forms/art-quiz-still-life/ Made in collaboration with School of Art History 'Still Life of Fruit and Flowers' by Clara Peeters (c.1585–c.1655) 📷 Ashmolean Museum, Oxford

Out now! "A Companion to French Art, 1789 to the Present", edited/introduced by the School's Professor Natalie Adamson and Professor Richard Taws (UCL). For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Coming soon! School of Art History Spring Lecture Series. All welcome! Check post for more details! @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

New publication: In 'Digital Museum Objects and Digital Ecologies', published in the International Journal of Heritage Studies, Dr Nicôle Meehan draws attention to barriers to access that many audiences experience when attempting to access digital heritage. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/...

Interested in online study? Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector! Starting 12 January 2026. Book now! 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...

Interested in online study? Join us for a fascinating series of short courses covering subjects such as the History of Scottish Design with @vadundee.bsky.social, Women and Modern Art, and AI in the GLAM sector! Starting 12 January 2026. Book now! 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/online...

🎉🎓The School would like to congratulate all our wonderful students who graduated at this week’s Winter Graduation ceremony. The weather was mixed but spirits were not dampened! www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... Well done all! #EverToExcel @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

ICOM, launches its new publication, 'The Museum Definition Handbook: Words Inspiring Action', co-authored by the School of Art History's Bruno Brulon Soares. 'The Museum Definition Handbook' addresses and analyses each term that appears within the definition. 👉 icom.museum/.../publicat...

'Invisible Loot: Maritime Warfare and Circulating Objects in Hugo Grotius’s De Jure Praedae' in 'Early Modern Low Countries' (9: 2, 2025). @elsjevankessel.bsky.social rethinks early modern looting – its theory, its practice, and its place in the violence of war. 👉 emlc-journal.org/article/view...

Call for Papers: In Her Words. 21 November 2025 Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025 For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Award News!!! The School of Art History–led Shared Island Stories research project has been announced as the winner of the inaugural International Council of Museums (ICOM) Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums. 👉 www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Call for Papers: In Her Words. 21 November 2025 Buckingham House Lecture Theatre, Murray Edwards College, Cambridge, 19 June 2025 For more info: www.st-andrews.ac.uk/art-history/... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Thinking about studying Art History or History of Photography at the University of St Andrews? Join us for an Online Postgraduate Visiting Day on 24th November. www.st-andrews.ac.uk/study/meet-u... @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Art History Research Lecture given by Professor Victoria Horne on Wednesday 12 November 2025, 4pm, School 3. All welcome! See poster for more details. @uniofstandrews.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social