The Department of Art History and Art Conservation is the place at Queen’s to explore and understand our visual world, past or present. Home to a diverse array of distinguished scholars in the fields of global arts, architecture, museum, and material studies, we are a dynamic community of faculty, students, and staff engaging in creative, rigorous and socially-engaged teaching and research. Whether it’s in an intimate seminar room or at the Venice Biennale, our students gain valuable learning experiences that prepare them to be innovative thinkers and leaders in the arts and cultural sector - and beyond.
The Department offers undergraduate (B.A.) and graduate (M.A. and Ph.D.) degrees in Art History, as well a Master of Art Conservation (M.A.C.).
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Recent News
Jun 09, 2022
Open Art Histories Pedagogy Institute comes to campus
The Institute brings together educators from various disciplines, examining important pedagogical issues, strategies for increasing arts education's accessibility and diversity, and methods of putting these concepts into practice.
Jun 07, 2022
Postcards from Venice: the huge history of art
In a special series of Q&As, we check in with students of this year's Venice Summer School (ARTH 380), who spent the month of May immersed in the art scene of the Venice Biennale.
Jun 01, 2022
AGO gifts study collection to Art Conservation
Conserved in the 1930s by George Stout, a key figure in the history of Art Conservation, Lamentation with Saints and Donors has arrived at Queen’s with detailed documentation showing a history of investigation into this somewhat bewildering object.