About

I believe that art is for everybody. Everything I do as an art historian is aimed to make the artworld a more inclusive and inviting place. Art is a universal form of expression and communication that we should all share without intimidation or fear of getting it ‘wrong.’ I have worked in the artworld for 20 years and have a deep respect for the temple of art – I don’t want to tear it down- I want us to fling the doors open together.

My main role is Chief Art Director for the Soho House Art Collection which has grown to over 10,000 artworks on permanent display across 16 countries, making it one of the largest collections of its kind anywhere in the world. Since 2016 I have overseen all new acquisitions and led the company’s art strategy.

I am also a long-standing broadcaster, having made arts television since 2013. I have written and presented programmes for Sky Arts, BBC4 and Sky Arte Italia. I have made programmes on a diverse array of subjects including specials on Artemisia Gentileschi, Caravaggio, Raphael, Michelangelo, Vincent Van Gogh, Picasso, Hepworth, Gauguin and Tintoretto. I have been a judge on the hit shows Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year and Landscape Artist of The Year since their inception over 10 years ago.

I started my career at The British Museum in 2004 where I assisted on the blockbuster exhibition Michelangelo Drawings in 2006 and helped develop the hit BBC Radio 4 series presented by Neil MacGregor, A History of the World in 100 Objects. I have worked as an art dealer in both London and Hong Kong and have advised several important private art collections. In 2019 I published my first book, The Art of Love which profiled artist couples throughout the past 150 years, and my second book, Bright Stars was published in 2021 which examined the legacies of great artists who died young. In September 2025 I will publish How to Art which aims to help everybody develop a relationship with art, illustrated by the very down to earth artist David Shrigley.

I have interviewed and worked with some of the greatest artists alive today including The Guerilla Girls, David Shrigley, Jeremy Deller, Maggi Hambling, Catherine Opie, Tracey Emin, Lubaina Himid, Jenny Holzer, Idris Khan, Judy Chicago and Peter Blake. In 2014 I won the Arts category in the Women of the Future Awards and I am now a mentor for young artists and curators from under-represented backgrounds.