5x15: Art Experts on the Art That Changed Them
Geoff Dyer is an award-winning author of four novels and numerous non-fiction books, most recently, The Last Days of Roger Federer. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Science, Dyer has spent the past decade in Los Angeles, where he was Writer in Residence at the University of Southern California. His books have been translated into twenty-four languages. His new book and first memoir, Homework, looks back to his childhood, a world shaped by memories of shortages and the Second World War, and celebrates the opportunities afforded by the post-war settlement.
Ekow Eshun OBE is a distinguished curator, writer, and broadcaster, described by Vogue as “the most inspired - and inspiring - curator in Britain." He has staged acclaimed exhibitions internationally, was awarded the Association for Art History’s Curatorial Prize 2023, and made history as the first Black head of a major UK arts institution, serving as the director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. As Chairman of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, he leads one of the world’s most significant public art projects. He is the author of numerous books including, most recently, The Strangers, longlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize and the Jhalak Prize, and his writing is featured in outlets such as The New York Times, Financial Times, and Vogue.
Andrew Graham-Dixon is one of the UK’s leading art critics and arts television presenters. He has written several acclaimed books on art and artists, including a biography of Caravaggio. His latest book, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found, sets out a groundbreaking new theory about the religious and intellectual world of Vermeer and reveals the long-hidden meaning of his most beloved paintings. Photo Credit: Aliona Adrianova.
Katy Hessel is an art historian and the author of The Story of Art without Men, the international bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Year 2022. She runs @thegreatwomenartists on Instagram, hosts The Great Women Artists Podcast, interviewing artists such as Tracey Emin and Marina Abramovic, and is a columnist for the Guardian. Hessel is a Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University and a Trustee of Charleston. In 2024, she launched Museums Without Men, an audio series highlighting works by women artists in museum collections worldwide, such as The Met and Tate Britain. Her latest book is How To Live An Artful Life.
Sir Grayson Perry is a Turner Prize winning contemporary artist, member of the Royal Academy, former trustee of the British Museum, and winner of the Erasmus prize. He also performs live touring one-man stage shows. Perry delivered The Reith Lectures, BBC Radio 4’s annual flagship talk series, in 2013. He has made several Channel 4 television series including Grayson Perry’s Full English (2023), All In the Best Possible Taste (2013 BAFTA Winner), Who Are You? (2014 BAFTA Winner), All Man (2016), Divided Britain (2017), Rites of Passage (2018), Grayson Perry’s Big American Road Trip (2020) and Grayson’s Art Club (2020, 2021, 2022).