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For our 50th anniversary celebrations, we asked people in the arts and those interested in our subject – Art History Advocates – what art history means to them. They address, in a number of inspirational ways, why it is important to the individual and to society.  In recognition of our 50th year, we have also created a series of videos,  Careers with Art History,  featuring art history graduates talking about the great variety of careers, both within and outside of the art field, that they have entered after studying our subject.  Collectively, the Art History Advocates and graduates provide a well-rounded perspective on Art History Now.

  • Sepake Angiama

    Artistic Director, Institute for International Visual Art (INIVA)

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  • Christopher Baker

    Editor, The Burlington Magazine

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  • Maria Balshaw

    Director, Tate

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  • Kathryn Blacker

    Chief Executive, York Museums Trust

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  • Ian Blatchford

    Director & Chief Executive, Science Museum Group

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  • Iwona Blazwick

    Art Curator & Lecturer

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  • Sonia Boyce

    Artist

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  • Christopher Breward

    Director, National Museums Scotland

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  • Kate Bryan

    Art Historian, Curator & Arts Broadcaster

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  • Louisa Buck

    Writer, Broadcaster & Contributing Editor, The Art Newspaper

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  • Aviva Burnstock

    Professor of Conservation, The Courtauld Institute of Art

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  • Tony Butler

    Director, Derby Museums

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  • Caroline Campbell

    Director, National Gallery of Ireland

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  • Gus Casely-Hayford

    Director, V&A East

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  • Lennox Cato

    Antiques Dealer & Antiques Roadshow Expert

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  • Alison Cole

    Editor-at-Large, The Art Newspaper & Director, Arts Policy Unit, Fabian Society

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  • Jago Cooper

    Executive Director, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

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  • Nicholas Cullinan

    Director, British Museum

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  • Jeremy Deller

    Artist

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  • Daisy Dunn

    Author & Classicist

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  • Alex Farquharson

    Director, Tate Britain

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  • Gabriele Finaldi

    Director, The National Gallery, London

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  • James Fox

    Art Historian & Broadcaster

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  • Will Gompertz

    Author, Critic & Director, Sir John Soane’s Museum

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  • Antony Gormley

    Artist

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  • Lachlan Goudie

    Painter, Writer & Broadcaster

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  • Andrew Graham-Dixon

    Art Historian, Art Critic, Author & Broadcaster

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  • Bendor Grosvenor

    Art Historian & Writer

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  • Mark Hallett

    Märit Rausing Director, The Courtauld

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  • Katy Hessel

    Art Historian

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  • Karin Hindsbo

    Director, Tate Modern

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  • Caro Howell

    Director General, Imperial War Museums

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  • Tristram Hunt

    Director, Victoria and Albert Museum

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  • Waldemar Januszczak

    Art Critic, Documentary Producer & Presenter

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  • Chantal Joffe

    Artist

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  • Jonathan Jones

    Art Critic

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  • Paterson Joseph

    Artist & Author

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  • Jacky Klein

    Art Historian, Publisher & Writer

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  • Tim Knox

    Director of the Royal Collection

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  • Sam Lackey

    Director, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art

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  • Sook-Kyung Lee

    Director, The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

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  • John Leighton

    former Director-General, National Galleries Scotland

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  • Hew Locke

    Artist

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  • Rupert Maas

    Antiques Dealer, The Maas Gallery

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  • Neil MacGregor

    Art Historian & former Museum Director

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  • Tim Marlow

    CEO & Director, Design Museum

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  • Hilary McGrady

    Director-General, National Trust 

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  • Partha Mitter

    Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Sussex

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  • Philip Mould

    Philip Mould & Company

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  • Franny Moyle

    Author, Biographer & Broadcaster

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  • Sarah Munro

    Director, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art

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  • Sandy Nairne

    Chair, Art Fund

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  • Lynda Nead

    Visiting Professor of History of Art, The Courtauld; formerly Pevsner Professor of History of Art at Birkbeck

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  • Steven Nelson

    Dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts

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  • Helen Nisbet

    CEO & Artistic Director, Cromwell Place

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  • Hans Ulrich Obrist

    Artistic Director, Serpentine Galleries

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  • Magdalene Odundo

    Ceramic Artist

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  • Paula Orrell

    National Director, Contemporary Visual Arts Network

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  • Adriana Paice Kent

    Director, Woven Spaces

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  • Cornelia Parker

    Artist

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  • Grayson Perry

    Artist, Writer & Broadcaster

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  • Melanie Pocock 

    Artistic Director (Exhibitions) Ikon Gallery, Birmingham 

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  • Victoria Pomery

    CEO, The Box, Plymouth

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  • Jennifer Powell

    Director, Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham

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  • Dorothy Price

    Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art and Critical Race Art History, The Courtauld

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  • Laura Pye

    Director/CEO, National Museums Liverpool

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  • Janina Ramirez

    Art Historian, Cultural Historian & TV Presenter

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  • Emma Ridgway

    Director, Foundling Museum

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  • Hannah Rothschild

    Chair, Rothschild Foundation

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  • Saad-Eddine Said

    CEO & Artistic Director, New Art Exchange

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  • Rebecca Salter

    President, Royal Academy

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  • Simon Schama

    Art Historian & Broadcaster

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  • Jennifer Scott

    Director, Dulwich Picture Gallery

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  • Mark Sealy

    Director, Autograph

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  • Nicholas Serota

    Chair, Arts Council England

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  • Bill Sherman

    Director, Warburg Institute

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  • Laura Sillars

    Director of MIMA & Dean of the School of Arts and Creative Industries

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  • Bob & Roberta Smith

    Artist

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  • Sonia Solicari

    Director, Museum of the Home

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  • Alastair Sooke

    Writer & Broadcaster, and The Telegraph’s Chief Art Critic

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  • Kathleen Soriano

    Chair, Art UK & Judge, Sky Arts, Artist of the Year

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  • Chris Stephens

    Director, Holburne Museum

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  • Luke Syson

    Director, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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  • Gilane Tawadros

    Director, Whitechapel Gallery

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  • Simon Thurley

    Historian, Archaeologist and Heritage Expert

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  • Sandi Toksvig

    Broadcaster, Actor, Comedian, Novelist and Producer 

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  • Gavin Turk

    Artist

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  • Sarah Victoria Turner

    Director, Paul Mellon Centre

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  • Ed Vaizey

    Member of the House of Lords, UK.

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  • Kamini Vellodi

    Head of Painting, Royal of College of Art

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  • Sara Wajid

    Co-CEO, Birmingham Museums Trust & Founder, Museum Detox

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  • Jenny Waldman

    Director, Art Fund

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  • Peter Webber

    Director, Girl with a Pearl Earring

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  • Shearer West

    President & Vice-Chancellor, University of Nottingham

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  • Zoe Whitley

    Director, Chisenhale Gallery

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  • Alberta Whittle

    Artist

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  • Rowan Williams

    Theologian, Poet & former Archbishop of Canterbury

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  • Godfrey Worsdale

    Director, Henry Moore Foundation

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