About us
The research group Histories of Art, Architecture and Visual Culture (VISU) offers a platform for fundamental research on the history and theory of art, architecture and visual culture from the early modern period up to the present. We study not only the artistic and architectural practice, the material object and the spatial environment, but also the broader cultural, historical and societal context, which often relates to current themes such as new media, visualisation of conflict and war, urbanisation, sustainability, multiculturality and globalisation. Key questions concern the circulation of images, artefacts, practices and knowledge across boundaries. These cross-overs are understood as mutual interactions between the different arts and as exchanges between different cultures, traditions, regions or periods.
Recent News
VISU at the Historians of Netherlandish Art Conference 2024
We are excited to share that VISU members Tine Meganck and Hanne Schonkeren will be presenting their research at the Historians of Netherlandish Art (HNA) Conference, which will take place in Cambridge on 10-13 July 2024.Tacit knowledge and sensory experience in a sixteenth-century gold and silversmithing workshop
VISU member Hanne Schonkeren will be presenting her research at the 36th Congress of the Comité International d'Histoire de l'Art, hosted in Lyon, 23 - 28 June 2024.Study day 'Making a Market for Art from the Low Countries in the Americas'
VISU member Tom Packet will participate in the Study Day 'Making a Market for Art from the Low Countries in the Americas'. He will present his research 'Selling Art in St.
Events
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Lecture 'Speaking of Identity'
On Monday, 24 June 2024, the VUB has the honour of welcoming world-renowned philosopher Prof. Dr. Kwame Anthony Appiah for an exceptional lecture. The lecture will open a new series of VUB-sponsored events, “Ties that Bind Us: Transcultural Perspectives on Social Forms”. - Practical info-
VISU study day
The annual VISU symposium takes place on 30 May 2024, at the library of the Rubenshuis in Antwerp. - Practical info-
Artistic practices of hospitality in Brussels
VISU member Katarzyna Ruchel-Stockmans and Karel Vanhaesebrouck (ULB) are organizing the seminar 'Artistic practices of hospitality in Brussels', which will take place on 22 March 2024, at the ULB campus Solbosch.