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Book SynopsisLucy Williams (b. 1972, Oxford) studied at Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, London. She has exhibited internationally with solo shows at McKee Gallery, New York and at Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, and since 2016 has been represented by Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco. Group shows have included
Painting the Glass House: Artists Revisit Modern Architecture, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut (2008);
Building Blocks: Contemporary Works from the Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island (2011); and
Cut & Paste 400 Years of Collage, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (2019).
Salena Barry is a writer from Toronto, Canada, who is based in London, UK. She was part of the inaugural cohort of Frieze New Writers in 2021 and, in 2022, she was Jerwood Writer in Residence. Throughout her career, she has written for institutions including Delfina Foundation, SITE Gallery and The Goldsmith's Company. Her exhibition reviews, interviews and feature articles have also appeared in publications including
frieze, ArtReview, émergent magazine and
CMagazine.Salena holds a BA in Art History and History from the University of Toronto and an MA in Art & Politics from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Joseph Beckerserves as Curator of Architecture and Design at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where his recent exhibitions includeArt of Noise(2024),Barbara Stauffacher Solomon: Strips of Stripes(2023),Marshall Brown Projects: Dequindre Civic Academy(2023),Tauba Auerbach: S v Z(2022), The Sea Ranch: Architecture, Environment, and Idealism(201819) and Donald Judd: Specific Furniture (2018). He has written and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications. Becker's work explores the intersections of architecture, design, art and visual culture, with a focus on exhibition-making as a form of critical spatial practice.
Kathryn Lloyd is a writer and editor from the North-West of England, who lives and works in London. She has written for numerous art publications and contributed texts to various exhibition catalogues, artist monographs and survey publications, including
Vitamin Video(Phaidon, 2025)
Vitamin Txt(Phaidon, 2024) and
The Anomie Review of Contemporary British Painting 3(2024). Lloyd has delivered talks at Central Saint Martins and Jerwood Space and has appeared on the
Art Monthly Radio Show. She is Contemporary Art Editor at
The Burlington Magazineand was previously Editorial Manager at Central Saint Martins.
Charlotte Mullins is an art critic and broadcaster. Her latest book,
The Art Isles: a 15.000-year story of art in Britain and Ireland is published by Yale University Press. Recent titles include
ALittle History of Art(Yale, 2022) and
A Little Feminist History of Art(Tate, 2019). She writes a weekly column for
Country Life, is the presenter of the podcastMaking a Markand a reviewer for BBC Radio 4's Front Row. She also regularly writes catalogue essays for artists including Clare Woods, Ali Banisadr, Yinka Shonibare, Vicken Parsons and Rachel Lumsden.
Dr Ben Street is an art historian, educator and writer based in London. He is the author of several books for general audiences, including
How to Enjoy Art (Yale, 2021) and the award-winning children's book
How to Be an Art Rebel (T&H, 2021). He has contributed essays on monographs on
Edward Boccia (2025),
Agustín Fernández (2025),
Patrick Caulfield (2023),
Henry Ward (2021),
Christopher LeBrun (2018),
Benjamin Senior (2015) and
Gunnel Wåhlstrand (2013). He is a contributing writer on contemporary art to
Apollo, Gagosian Quarterly, ArtReview and the
Times Literary Supplement.
