Katy Hessel Explained

Katy Hessel is a British art historian, broadcaster, writer and curator, living in London, whose work is concerned with women artists.[1]

Life and work

Hessel was born and raised in London. She attended Westminster School.[2] She studied art history at University College London.[3]

She writes on the subject of women artists for various publications. She has written and presented the BBC arts documentaries Artemisia Gentileschi (2020)[4] and Art on the BBC: Monet (2022).[5] She has hosted Dior Talks: Feminist Art.[6] [7] Hessel runs the Great Women Artists Instagram account[8] [9] and in 2019 created a podcast by the same name in which she interviews art historians, art curators, writers, and art lovers about women artists and also talks to women artists about their work and career.[3] In September 2022, she published the book The Story of Art Without Men, a 500-year survey of art by women from the 1500s to 2020s.[10] [11] [12] [13] It won the 2022 Waterstones Book of the Year.[14] Her work has been criticised for not acknowledging fifty years of feminist art-historical research, exemplifying neoliberal feminism and its emphasis on the individual at the expense of all else.[15] [16] In 2022 she became a curatorial trustee of Charleston.[17]

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Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Louis. Wise. 2022-09-28. Meet the women leading the art world, including the directors of Tate and Frieze. 0140-0460. The Times.
  2. Web site: History of Art . 2023-02-09 . Westminster School . en-GB.
  3. Web site: Careers in the Arts: Katy Hessel and the Great Women Artists podcast . 12 November 2020. trinitynews.ie.
  4. Web site: 2022-09-28. BBC Four - Inside Museums, Series 1, Artemisia Gentileschi. BBC.
  5. Web site: 2022-09-28. BBC Four - Art on the BBC, Series 2, Monet - The French Revolutionary. BBC.
  6. https://www.christies.com/features/katy-hessel-the-story-of-art-without-men-12585-1.aspx
  7. Web site: [Feminist Art] Katy Hessel talks to musical artist Ioanna Gika who performed at the Cruise 2022 show in Athens, Greece]. Dior Talks.
  8. Web site: George. Douglas-Davies. 2022-09-28. the instagram account shining a spotlight on great women artists. i-d.vice.com.
  9. Web site: Frankie. McCoy. 2022-09-28. Meet the creative crowd defining the London art world's new zeitgeist. 4 October 2018. Evening Standard.
  10. Web site: 2022-09-28. The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel review – putting women back in the picture. 11 September 2022. The Guardian.
  11. News: Laura. Freeman. 2022-09-28. The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel review — if you can't name 20 women artists, read this. 0140-0460. The Times.
  12. News: 2022-09-28. The Story of Art Without Men — a plea for overlooked female artists. Financial Times. 22 September 2022.
  13. https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-a-story-of-art-without-men-by-katy-hessel-3859947
  14. Web site: Shaffi . Sarah . 2022-12-01 . Paint him out: Katy Hessel's retelling of art history is Waterstones book of the year . 2022-12-02 . The Guardian . en.
  15. Web site: Burlington Contemporary - Articles . 2023-03-22 . contemporary.burlington.org.uk . en.
  16. Web site: Review . The Penitent . Katy Hessel, The Story of Art Without Men – The Penitent Review . 2023-03-22 . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2022-09-28. Charleston — New members appointed to our Board of Trustees. Charleston.
  18. News: Rachel. Campbell-Johnston. 2022-09-28. The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel — history reborn. 0140-0460. The Times.
  19. Web site: Obi. Jilani. 2022-09-28. I can't wait to give Katy Hessel's The Story Of Art Without Men to my teenage daughter. 25 August 2022. inews.co.uk.
  20. Web site: 2022-09-28. Katy Hessel. Forbes.
  21. Web site: 2022-10-28 . Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist announced . 2022-10-28 . Books+Publishing . en-AU.