The Courtauld Gallery is home to one of the greatest collections of art in the UK and an annual programme of focused exhibitions, displays and contemporary commissions. All housed in a beautiful human-sized gallery at Somerset House.
The Courtauld Institute is a research-led, independent college of the University of London, offering world–renowned programmes in the history, conservation, curation and business of art.
We care for an outstanding art collection, advance the study and conservation of visual art, and share it through acclaimed exhibitions. Your support helps us inspire new ways of seeing and thinking about art.
...the collection of Leeds Art Gallery, as part of a research project at The Courtauld’s Department of Conservation. The painting depicts a portrait of pioneering film critic and curator Iris...
...of the work of art and learn to look closely, both in the Courtauld Gallery and print room, and on the screen. Guest lectures from colleagues working in conservation will...
...Assessing and managing risk: towards a framework for preventive conservation of Buddhist wall paintings in the Leh Valley of Ladakh, supervised by Professor Aviva Burnstock. Nicholas Flory was awarded a...
...prominent household. Morton’s Tower houses storage and work rooms for the conservation team at Lambeth Palace Library, including a book restoration centre, as well as offices and storage space for...
...the Blavatnik Fine Rooms following extensive conservation Visitors queued for the first After Hours: Glow Up event at the Gallery in Dec 2021 Crowds enjoying our Morgan Stanley Lates with...
...curating, and conservation of art. This rich academic resource is complemented by the internationally renowned curatorial excellence of the Courtauld Gallery, which is famous for the quality of its collection...
‘Intimacy builds worlds; it creates spaces and usurps places meant for other kinds of relation,’ wrote the literary critic and queer theorist Lauren Berlant. Just as the verb ‘to intimate’...
This lecture series presented work from leading researchers who use digital methods in art history and technical art history/conservation to think in new ways about our disciplines. It explores how...
...The French pavilion was directed by Massan, the conservationist at the Luxemburg art gallery. It is unlikely he selected the pictures himself; these are hung in typical museum style where...
