Art History Link-Up

Who we are

Fewer than eight state schools in the country currently offer History of Art A level yet the creative industries added over £100 billion to the UK economy. We believe that art history shouldn’t belong to just the handful of people who currently have the opportunity to study it, but that every young person, regardless of background, should be able to enjoy and benefit from our rich visual culture.

Since 2016, AHLU has delivered art history education to students of all backgrounds through programmes at the Wallace Collection and the National Gallery, where art history was taught ‘live’, face-to-face with some of the world’s greatest masterpieces. Then subsequently online during the pandemic, and now as a hybrid course, based at the Courtauld Institute of Art. We are currently expanding our work to younger secondary school aged students, outside London, with new hosts, partners, programmes and exciting plans for the future.

Art History Link-Up (charity registration number 1172792) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (C.I.O.). Our registered address is The Old Rectory, Wiggonholt, West Sussex RH20 2EL. Our office is currently based c/o our Charity Partner, Christie's, 8 King Street, London SW1 and in Rathbone Street, Fitzrovia, London W1.