The Department of Fine Arts and Art History at the American University of Beirut was founded to conduct research in art history and studio arts. It has undergraduate and graduate degree programs in those areas. Its faculty publish and exhibit with leading international institutions and brings this expertise to their teaching and events. The research-focused nature of the Department allows them to offer the best arts-related teaching in the region.
The Department works closely with the AUB Art Galleries, whose director-curator is a member of FAAH. They founded the Beirut Art Review in 2024 to provide an open-access and peer-reviewed journal publishing scholarship, commentary and criticism of art in the Middle East.