SAR: International Forum on Artistic Research
The 2026 International Forum on Artistic Research will address the challenges of Endangered Conceptual Worlds. Hosted by the University of Galway on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, it will take place from 23 to 26 June 2026. As the 17th annual conference of the Society for Artistic Research, it is the largest conference on practice-based research within and through the arts, bringing together leading practitioners, scholars and policymakers from the entire range of arts-based disciplines. The International Forum on Artistic Research 2026 will explore how the visual, aural and material cultures of minoritised languages and endangered worlds constitute complex systems of conceptualisation and re-contextualisation. The pressing issue of linguistic diversity worldwide resonates deeply with the ethos and aims of the Artistic Research movement.
