A.S. (Ann-Sophie) Lehmann, Prof

My research develops a process-based approach to art and visual material culture. In particular, I study how materials, tools, and practices partake in the meaning making of art; how images and texts represent and reflect creative practices; and how knowledge about making engenders material literacy. My approach is transhistorical and includes old and new media, ranging from oil paint and clay to aniline dyes and software. For an overview of published work, see also: https://rug.academia.edu/AnnSophieLehmann

Interviews: Materialized Identies 2017; Voices from the Field: Technical Art History Today 2023; Art as Research Method 2025

Co-Director of the Research Center Arts in Society
Editor-in-chief, Studies in Art & Materiality (Brill)
CIHA World Congress 2024, member scientific board
Netherlands Institute of Conservation, Art & Science, member advisory board
National Researchschool Art History, chair general board
Huygens Institute, member advisory board
Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen, member