History of Art seminars and events

Beauty Will Save the World: Reimagining the everyday

Join us for a wonderful panel discussion with a variety of speakers who, together, will engage with this idea of finding beauty in the everyday, in seemingly ordinary items, actions and relations.

Rossettis: In Relation conference

Rossettis: In Relation conference is a collaboration between Tate Britain, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the History of Art Department at the University of York.

York Festival of Ideas - Photography in Yorkshire in the 1990s: In conversation with Sunil Gupta

Join University of York art historian Theo Gordon in conversation with photographer Sunil Gupta, whose work helps to historicise recent interest in decolonisation and queer representation.

Rossettis: In Relation conference

Rossettis: In Relation conference is a collaboration between Tate Britain, the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the History of Art Department at the University of York.

The New Pre-Raphaelites

Join artist Sunil Gupta for this special conversation with Theo Gordon. This conversation will seek to further explore the artists relationship to the Rossettis, the influence of historic art on his practice and his current work.