Claire Nichols

This course is for students who are looking to enhance their engagement with and understanding of contemporary visual practice and theory. The course assists you in contextualising and developing your ideas about art through an array of visual and critical lenses, from modernist art history to contemporary cultural theory and conceptual practice. A series of informal seminars and one-to-one tutorials will help focus your research. The group will engage with a stimulating array of activities to trigger creative links with London's rich contemporary visual and material culture, from gallery, museum and special archive visits to sessions working alongside professional artists, curators, writers and publishers. The course is open to students with varying experience and will help those looking to study Art History, Curating and Communications in the Arts. Students will build a deeper understanding and working knowledge of contemporary artistic practice, with confidence as well as a key network of cultural resources and connections.

Find out more by downloading the Art History, Criticism and Communication [PDF 184kb] overview or contacting shortcourse@csm.arts.ac.uk for further information.

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Claire Nichols is an artist and a curator. Exhibitions include the David Roberts Art Foundation, PS1, Whitechapel Gallery, the ICA and Art on the Underground. She teaches across BA Part-Time Programmes at the London College of Fashion.