Master Arts — Arts plastiques et sciences de l'art

Aix-Marseille University is the largest multidisciplinary French-speaking university, hosting 80,000 students and 8,000 staff across five large campuses. It is a research-intensive institution known for its international outlook and commitment to academic excellence.

Arts plastiques et sciences de l'art (visual arts and art theory) is a track of the Master Arts at Aix-Marseille Université, located in Aix-En-Provence Cedex 01, France. This branch of the arts combines practical work in visual media, such as painting, sculpture, drawing, or installation, with the theoretical study of art history, aesthetics, and art criticism. Students typically develop a personal studio practice while also studying the history of art movements, critical theory, and methods for analyzing and writing about visual works. The discipline treats making and thinking about art as connected activities, so coursework usually includes both open studio time for producing work and seminars devoted to reading and discussing art historical and theoretical texts. Because visual art now spans a wide range of media and formats, from traditional painting to digital and installation-based work, students are generally encouraged to situate their own practice within contemporary debates in the field rather than working in isolation from art history and theory. Graduates from visual arts and art theory programs commonly pursue careers as practicing artists, curators, gallery or museum staff, art critics or writers, or continue toward doctoral research in art history or aesthetics. The program is a master's degree lasting 2 years, taught in French, with an inferred start date in September, based in Aix-En-Provence Cedex 01, France, with yearly tuition of 250 EUR.