The UAL Decolonising Arts Institute works on collaborative projects in arts and education across UAL and beyond, seeking to drive and support cultural and institutional change.
Our projects have grown out of dialogues and partnerships, including with artists, researchers and other higher education institutions.
Highlights
India-UK Creative Cultures
Examining how the changing international research environment affects India-UK collaboration.
- Explore the AHRC-funded India-UK Creative Cultures project.
Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage
Dissolving barriers between collections, surfacing patterns of bias and uncovering hidden connections.
- Find out more about the Transforming Collections project
20/20
Catalysing artists’ careers and change in UK collections through 20 residencies, 20 commissions and 20 new acquisitions.
- Find out more about the 20/20 project
Institute associates
Institute Associates work on a specific piece of work with the Institute as part of their scholarly activity at UAL.
- Discover the work of our Institute Associates
More to explore
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Image: Daniel Day, AHRC Black Artists and Modernism project, David Medalla Study Day. Image: Daniel Day
About us
Find out more about our vision and ambitions for decolonising arts.
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Alena Jarrett, 2023 BA Contemporary Media Cultures. London College of Communication, UAL | Photograph: Alys Tomlinson
Digital Library
An archive of our digital recordings.
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Sonia Boyce, Devotional Wallpaper and Placards, 2008-2020. Acquired by the Contemporary Art Society for the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) through the Rapid Response Fund, 2020.
Projects
Read about Decolonising Arts Institute activities.