12 Full-time Master's in Art History in Netherlands

The specialised and intensive Master's Art History programme at Utrecht University immerses you in traditional and innovative approaches to the history of art. 

What does Mondrian tell us with his painting 'Victory Boogie Woogie' and how can we understand Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'? Who actually pays for art and culture? What role models does Hollywood provide us with? If these are questions that interest you, then you should definitely consider the Master’s in Arts and Culture. 

The Painting programme from Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen invites you to explore painting as both a practice and a conceptual space for artistic research.

This Interrelational Art Practices (iRAP) programme at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen aims to ignite dialogue, encourage collaboration, and inspire meaningful societal change.

In selecting the Arts & Culture - Contemporary Art History programme offered at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you devote your attention to what is at stake now – to artworks that take on the challenges of the globalised information society, and of living in the Anthropocene.

The master’s programme in Art History and Museum Studies at Leiden University is uniquely positioned at the intersection of Art History and Museum Studies. Informed by leading interdisciplinary research, this degree provides you with a strong academic foundation for a variety of careers in museums, galleries and heritage institutions.

In this Art and Culture - Contemporary Art History MA program at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam you devote your attention to what is at stake now – to artworks that take on the challenges of the globalized information society, and of living in the Anthropocene.

What do art forms like painting, film, music or theatre contribute to societies? Why have humans in every culture and throughout history engaged in activities we categorize as art?The Master's programme in Arts and Culture at University of Groningen provides students with the skills needed to investigate the function of the arts in society.

Farewell bricks, farewell walls. Mobilize our bodies, our intelligences. DAI Art Praxis at ArtEZ University of the Arts explores the today's challenges: through curating, listening, making, performing, publishing, reading, studying, wandering, thinking, articulating and writing. But also by being a "wilderness".

Do you want to be well prepared for a career in the world of the Visual Arts? The Master Program in Art History at University of Groningen offers all the knowledge and expertise that you need.

In this Arts, Culture and Society master from Erasmus University Rotterdam, you will study how the international world of art and culture operates.

Are you interested in Art and Culture? Is a career in research something you aspire to? Then Arts and Culture (research) degree at University of Groningen is what you are looking for.