Katy Hessel
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.
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5x15: Art Experts on the Art That Changed Them
Five leading cultural figures each deliver a fifteen-minute talk on an artwork that holds particular significance for them.
5x15: Art Experts on the Art That Changed Them
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