Recent figures released by the UK’s Higher Educations Statistics Agency (HESA) confirm a significant dip in students choosing to study art history at university. Earlier this month, The Art Newspaper cited a 17.5% decline in the last ten years, with the most significant drop in students taking art history at undergraduate level at 28.5%. More …
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I recently came across an article written in celebration of last year’s Women’s History Month. Don’t get me wrong, the fact that the entire month of March is dedicated to the history of remarkable women is a very good thing, but it somehow feels like a backhanded compliment. "Fear not women everywhere, you get one …
For my first blog post I thought I would address the most commonly asked question I get asked: Why Art? This question often comes about with further queries about what its like to work in the art world, and what on earth made me choose to centre my life around it in the first place. …
