The ARTIS - Institute of Art History (ARTIS-IHA) is an R&D unit whose main scientific domain is Art History, understood as an autonomous subject, albeit open to articulation with other areas of knowledge. This field is conceived as a vast area of expertise focused on the study of artistic works and Heritage throughout history, and on the retrieval of their accumulated memories and aesthetic meanings.

Through the development of basic and applied research in the domain of Art History, in articulation with other fields of knowledge directly related to its methodology and praxis - such as materials science and information technologies, among others - ARTIS-IHA covers a variety of working areas, also expressed by the diverse interests of the team's integrated researchers and the many partners with which it collaborates.

With its main focus on Art History, ARTIS-IHA develops basic and applied research through its different groups. Its strategic development plan for the coming years is structured according to 3 main axes, based on the principles of open access - insofar as the different activities will be made available for free - and open research - through the creation of open scientific networks, which enhance the social responsibility that has always been favoured by the unit and represent a source of development and an opportunity for innovation.