As one of the world’s leading universities, The University of British Columbia creates an exceptional learning environment that fosters global citizenship, advances a civil and sustainable society,and supports outstanding research to serve the people of British Columbia, Canada and the world.
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory comprises three streams of research-based learning and practice: Art History, with a particular focus on theoretical and critical discourses concerning the social impact of art and visual representation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; Critical and Curatorial Studies, examining through research and exhibition projects issues in contemporary visual culture and display; and Visual Art, with an undergraduate curriculum placing art production academic learning and a graduate emphasis on preparation for participation in the praxis of contemporary international art.
The main goal of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is to foster critical and reflexive thinking within an inclusive and supportive environment. The Department thus maintains the highest standards of intellectual and administrative practice, seeking to be innovative in pedagogy and international in scholarly perspective.
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVAT) aims to foster critical and reflexive thinking within an inclusive and supportive environment. The Department maintains the highest standards of intellectua[...]
November 17, 2011
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is pleased to present Happy, an exhibition of work by the 2011 graduates of the University of British Columbia's two-year Masters of Fine Arts program. The work of these seven e[...]
September 2, 2011
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery is pleased to present the online catalogue, Judy Radul: World Rehearsal Court, of the exhibition presented at the Belkin Art Gallery from October 9 to December 6, 2009. In 2010 [...]
April 21, 2011
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory (AHVAT) aims to foster critical and reflexive thinking within an inclusive and supportive environment. The Department maintains the highest standards of intellectual a[...]
December 3, 2010
The Belkin Art Gallery is pleased to present the first solo exhibition in North America of work by Amsterdam-based, artist-filmmaker Mark Boulos. The exhibition will feature a new, three channel, three projection work, [...]
September 24, 2010
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery http://www.belkin.ubc.ca and the Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory http://www.ahva.ubc.ca at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC are pleased to pres[...]
September 3, 2010
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory is presenting recent art work by MFA and BFA Visual Art students. "Open Studios" is a bi-annual showcase of work by emerging visual artists, who will be on hand to dis[...]
November 16, 2009
The Department of Art History, Visual Art, and Theory at the University of British Columbia invites applications for a tenure-track faculty appointment in Visual Art at the rank of Associate or Assistant Professor with a[...]
November 12, 2009
The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at The University of British Columbia and the grunt gallery, Vancouver, are delighted to announce the launch of Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties, an online resource a[...]
June 1, 2009
DAVID CLAERBOUT October 10 to December 7, 2008 Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery 1825 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Canada http://www.belkin.ubc.ca Extended Viewing Hours: Bordeaux Piece, 2004 (13 hr 43 min) will be [...]
October 27, 2008
