Modern and Contemporary Art

Course Components

• Core lecture series Modern, Anti-Modern, Postmodern: underpins all components of the programme.

• Study Trips: two international trips a year to major events in Europe or the Americas supplement regular visits to UK sites throughout the year and are included in the basic fee.

• Object-based study is central to our teaching: the opportunity to study in direct contact with works of art through museum/gallery-based classes, specialist-led handling sessions, studio visits and conservation sessions.

• Cataloguing to auction house and museum standards: through detailed case studies, assess issues that affect market value. Analyse the different processes of assessment, classification and interpretation used by art institutions.

• Gallery and Curatorial Studies: engage with current debates about curating and devise fresh approaches to the display of art works. Explore practices in art criticism developing skills to review exhibitions and produce reports.

• Culture and Ideology Seminars: in-depth analysis of relationships between art practices, cultural contexts and critical debates. Students develop skills to deliver presentations and generate seminar discussion.

• Methodology Seminars: the analysis of technical, art-historical and interpretative text which provide transferable skills for independent research and individual development.

• Thesis: your opportunity to create an exhibition on a small group of objects, independently researched and catalogued, where the key academic and professional skills learned on the programme are utilised.

Mode of Attendance: Full-time