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Katy Hessel

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Art Historian • Author of The Story of Art without Men • Columnist @Guardian • Host of The Great Women Artists Podcast • Sign up: https://t.co/qZHoFLWhzl ✨

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  • Joyous junkyard beauties: how Leilah Babirye fled death to create towering works of togetherness

    2 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Katy Hessel

    In 2022, two wooden sculptures stood on the riverbanks of Brooklyn. Configured as bodies with multiple heads, the monumental works – part of a larger group titled Agali Awamu, which translates as “Togetherness” – towered over those who interacted with them.

  • the 136 reasons why Vanessa Bell is breaking free of Bloomsbury

    1 month ago | msn.com | Katy Hessel

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  • ‘Nothing stopped her’: the 136 reasons why Vanessa Bell is breaking free of Bloomsbury

    1 month ago | theguardian.com | Katy Hessel

    When you think of the Bloomsbury Group – the writers, artists and intellectuals who congregated at 46 Gordon Square in London in the early 20th century – you might think of Virginia Woolf; the Omega Workshops, which brought fine art to modernist designs; Charleston, a farmhouse in Sussex, frequented by core members who painted every available surface in blazing hues; or the famous phrase about their unorthodox sex lives – they “painted in circles and loved in triangles”. Bell, circa 1910.

  • when it comes to expressing love, only art can do it justice

    Feb 14, 2025 | msn.com | Katy Hessel

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  • Shot through the heart: when it comes to expressing love, only art can do it justice

    Feb 14, 2025 | theguardian.com | Katy Hessel

    Love is the greatest force on this planet. So why, in the 21st century, do we not view it as an intellectual subject? Why is this entity that connects us all not studied at school, or university? When it comes to the English language, we only have one word for love. (In Arabic, there are 11.) How can we possibly be expected to understand it, analyse it and articulate it? The answer, of course, is through art.

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Katy Hessel
Katy Hessel @KatyHessel
28 Oct 24

RT @guardianculture: Dressing up as a witch at Halloween? The sickening origins of this caricature may make you think again https://t.co/Ih…

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Katy Hessel @KatyHessel
24 Oct 24

RT @WaterstonesPicc: The wonderful @KatyHessel is here to talk about The Story of Art Without Men with @history_alice 🎨🖌️ https://t.co/A9iu…

Katy Hessel
Katy Hessel @KatyHessel
23 Oct 24

TODAY on the GWA Podcast: I interview Merve Emre on sisters, Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. Listen: https://t.co/wZA5696vpO https://t.co/Ym4Vpws3xp