Essays
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Exploring Dante Alighieri's story of Francesca da Rimini and the nature of truth. First published on Art UK in 2023.
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Analysing the shift from modernism to post-modernism. First given as a talk at Fisher House, University of Cambridge, 22 November, 2022.
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Looking at Derek Jarman's enduring legacy through the creation of his garden at Dungeness. First published on Art UK in 2023.
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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.
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This essay considers why we need art schools today. Given as a talk at the Katowice Academy, 11 May, 2022.
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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.
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Today the media is the landscape which inspires art. Given as a talk at Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 17 October, 2017.
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A comparison between Banksy's 'Rage Flower Thrower' and Raphael's 'Mond Crucifixion'. Written in 2022.