Essays

Exploring Dante Alighieri's story of Francesca da Rimini and the nature of truth. First published on Art UK in 2023.

Analysing the shift from modernism to post-modernism. First given as a talk at Fisher House, University of Cambridge, 22 November, 2022.

Looking at Derek Jarman's enduring legacy through the creation of his garden at Dungeness. First published on Art UK in 2023.

A study of the 'School of London' and it's legacy. Given as a talk at The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 21 April, 2015.

This essay considers why we need art schools today. Given as a talk at the Katowice Academy, 11 May, 2022.

Read as a paper at Wolfson College, University of Oxford, 3 May, 2015. Published in 'The Holocaust in History and Memory' Vol:6 The Arts and the Holocaust.

Today the media is the landscape which inspires art. Given as a talk at Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 17 October, 2017.

A comparison between Banksy's 'Rage Flower Thrower' and Raphael's 'Mond Crucifixion'. Written in 2022.