Tim Barringer

Professor Tim Barringer is an Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of York's Department of History of Art and holds the Paul Mellon Professorship in Art History at Yale University. His expertise spans Victorian art, colonialism, and 19th-century British and American art. He has authored seminal works such as Reading the Pre-Raphaelites and Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain, and co-edited volumes like Colonialism and the Object and Art and Emancipation in Jamaica.

As a curator, he co-organized major exhibitions including Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde (Tate, 2012) and Thomas Cole’s Journey: Atlantic Crossings (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018). His research explores intersections of art with labor, colonialism, and national identity. Recent projects include Broken Pastoral: Art and Music in Britain, linking Gothic Revival to Punk Rock.

• Key Awards: Slade Professorship at Cambridge (2009).
• Publications: Over a dozen books and catalogues, with a focus on Pre-Raphaelites, colonial art histories, and transatlantic exchanges.

He has contributed to exhibitions like David Hockney: A Bigger Picture and Rubens and his Influence, showcasing his role in bridging scholarship and public engagement. His work frequently addresses how art reflects socio-political transformations, from industrialization to postcolonial critiques.