Katy Hessel
Katy Hessel is a British art historian, broadcaster, writer, and curator based in London, specializing in women artists.
She studied art history at University College London and writes about female artists for various publications.
Hessel created the popular Great Women Artists Instagram account and launched an accompanying podcast in 2019, featuring interviews with art historians, curators, and artists.
She has written and presented BBC documentaries on Artemisia Gentileschi and Monet.
In September 2022, she published her debut book, a 500-year survey of art by women, which won the 2022 Waterstones Book of the Year.
She became a curatorial trustee of Charleston in 2022.
