ART HISTORY FESTIVAL 2025



15-19 September 2025


This year, the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths is taking part in the Association for Art History’s annual festival. As part of the 2025 theme Art and Nature, Visual Cultures is hosting a series of lectures, workshops, and events from 15–19 September at Goldsmiths and beyond.

The Art History Festival is a UK-wide, free, annual event for the public, organised and promoted by the Association for Art History. The festival consists of free public events staged by participating galleries, museums, arts organisations and individuals from all parts of the UK, as well as by the Association itself, over one week in September. The programme includes free talks, tours, workshops and family activities, including in-person, live online and recording events.


'Landscaping' with Visual Cultures: Paradise Lost · Lecture, 15 Sep

'Landscaping' with Visual Cultures: Demarcations · Lecture, 15 Sep

Learning Collaboration with Fungi – A Guided Walk · Workshop, 17 Sep

The Labyrinth as Recollective Landscape · Workshop, 17 Sep

River Logistics, Plantation Imaginaries: De-sedimenting Deptford · Event, 17 Sep






Patrick Keiller, Robinson in Ruins, 2010.