Since 2014 adult students from Sussex Coast College in Hastings have had an annual date with art history specialists from The Courtauld. Each year Humanities students hoping to head for Higher Education take a unit in Critical Studies as part of their Access Diploma. This is basically a ten-week, fast and furious introduction to theRead more

We are very excited to announce that applications for Summer University 2018 are now open! Further information about the application process can be found on our website. The deadline for applications is Friday 25th May 2018. Summer University runs from Monday 16 to Friday 20 July 2018. This year’s theme is Art and Identity lookingRead more

During October half term we had a brilliant Insights into Art History workshop all about drawing. Throughout the day we considered the following questions: What is drawing, and how do we define it? In what ways can art history inform an artist’s practice? How do contemporary artists use drawing today? We started the day withRead more

On Wednesday 25th October 2017, the Courtauld welcomed a group of young people, from state schools and colleges across London, to take part in an Insights into Art History workshop focusing on portraits by the artist Chaïm Soutine (1893-1943). The Insights into Art History day tied in with the current exhibition at the Courtauld Gallery,Read more

On Saturday 11th March, TEDxCourtauldInstitute 2017 collaborated with The Courtauld’s Young People’s Programme to organise ‘Artists’ Connections to the City’, a combined art history and practice workshop for 16-19 olds from schools across London. Courtauld MA Curating student Katherine Campbell explains more about the workshop below! In today’s increasingly divided world TEDxCourtauldInstitute 2017’s team decidedRead more

We are very excited to announce that applications for Summer University 2017 are now open! Further information about the application process can be found on our website. The deadline for applications is Friday 26th May 2017. Summer University runs from Monday 3 to Monday 6 July 2017. This year’s theme is Art and Identity lookingRead more

On Wednesday 30 November 2016, a group of students from Heronsgate Primary School visited The Courtauld Gallery for the first of three workshops with artist and gallery educator Millie Knight. The pupils firstly received an introduction to Rodin and his artworks exhibited in Rodin and Dance: The Essence of Movement. The class had the excitingRead more

On Wednesday 16 November 2016 we were delighted to collaborate with First Story, a charity who change lives through creative writing by partnering writers with schools. We welcomed two secondary schools to join us on our quest to combine art and writing in imaginative ways: Acland Burghley School and Raine’s Foundation School. Gathering in theRead more

On Saturday 12th March, TEDx Courtauld Institute collaborated with The Courtauld’s public programmes to organise ‘What is Utopian Art?’ the first undergraduate-led workshop for a group of 16-19 year olds. They planned a workshop for young people interested in learning more about art history and the idea of ‘Utopia’. This was in response to Somerset House’sRead more