Katy Hessel
{{Short description|British art historian, broadcaster, writer and curator}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Katy Hessel
| birth_date =
| birth_place = London
| image = Katy Hessel 20221130.jpg
| caption = Hessel in Hatchards London in 2022
| occupation = Writer, art historian, broadcaster
| notable_works = The Story of Art Without Men (2022)
}}
Katy Hessel is a British art historian, broadcaster, writer and curator, living in London, whose work is concerned with women artists.{{cite news|first1=Louis|last1=Wise|access-date=2022-09-28|title=Meet the women leading the art world, including the directors of Tate and Frieze|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/art/article/meet-the-women-leading-the-art-world-including-the-directors-of-tate-and-frieze-wd6fnv530|issn=0140-0460|website=The Times}}
Early life
Hessel was born and raised in London. She attended Westminster School.{{Cite web |title=History of Art |url=https://www.westminster.org.uk/academic-life/departments/art-history/ |access-date=2023-02-09 |website=Westminster School |language=en-GB}} She studied art history at University College London.{{cite web | url=http://trinitynews.ie/2020/11/careers-in-the-arts-katy-hessel-and-the-great-women-artists-podcast-2/ | title=Careers in the Arts: Katy Hessel and the Great Women Artists podcast | date=12 November 2020|website=trinitynews.ie}}
Career
She writes on the subject of women artists for various publications. She has written and presented the BBC arts documentaries Artemisia Gentileschi (2020){{cite web|access-date=2022-09-28|title=BBC Four - Inside Museums, Series 1, Artemisia Gentileschi|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000ng7w|website=BBC}} and Art on the BBC: Monet (2022).{{cite web|access-date=2022-09-28|title=BBC Four - Art on the BBC, Series 2, Monet - The French Revolutionary|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013mb3|website=BBC}} She has hosted Dior Talks: Feminist Art.https://www.christies.com/features/katy-hessel-the-story-of-art-without-men-12585-1.aspx{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.dior.com//feminist-art-katy-hessel-talks-to-musical-artist-ioanna-gika-who-performed-at-the-cruise-2022-show-in-athens-greece|title=[Feminist Art] Katy Hessel talks to musical artist Ioanna Gika who performed at the Cruise 2022 show in Athens, Greece|website=Dior Talks}} Hessel runs the Great Women Artists Instagram account{{cite web|first1=George|last1=Douglas-Davies|access-date=2022-09-28|title=the instagram account shining a spotlight on great women artists|url=https://i-d.co/article/the-instagram-account-shining-a-spotlight-on-great-women-artists/|website=i-d.vice.com}}{{cite web|first1=Frankie|last1=McCoy|access-date=2022-09-28|title=Meet the creative crowd defining the London art world's new zeitgeist|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/esmagazine/the-creators-curators-gallerists-and-fabulists-defining-the-london-art-world-s-new-zeitgeist-a3951391.html|date=4 October 2018|website=Evening Standard}} and in 2019 created a podcast by the same name in which she interviews art historians, art curators, writers, and art lovers about women artists and also talks to women artists about their work and career. In September 2022, she published the book The Story of Art Without Men, a 500-year survey of art by women from the 1500s to 2020s.{{cite web|access-date=2022-09-28|title=The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel review – putting women back in the picture|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/11/the-story-of-art-without-men-by-katy-hessel-review-putting-women-back-in-the-picture|date=11 September 2022|website=The Guardian}}{{cite news|first1=Laura|last1=Freeman|access-date=2022-09-28|title=The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel review — if you can't name 20 women artists, read this|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/the-story-of-art-without-men-by-katy-hessel-review-tsgq2crpx|issn=0140-0460|website=The Times}}{{cite news|access-date=2022-09-28|title=The Story of Art Without Men — a plea for overlooked female artists|url=https://www.ft.com/content/de645352-6000-441d-aefc-e86c18670c16|newspaper=Financial Times|date=22 September 2022}}https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-a-story-of-art-without-men-by-katy-hessel-3859947 It won the 2022 Waterstones Book of the Year.{{Cite web |last=Shaffi |first=Sarah |date=2022-12-01 |title=Paint him out: Katy Hessel's retelling of art history is Waterstones book of the year |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/01/paint-him-out-katy-hessels-retelling-of-art-history-is-waterstones-book-of-the-year |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=The Guardian |language=en}} Her work has been criticised for the lack of acknowledgement of feminist art-historical research.{{Cite web |title=Burlington Contemporary - Articles |url=https://contemporary.burlington.org.uk/articles/articles/celebrating-women-artists-and-forgetting-feminist-art-histories |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=contemporary.burlington.org.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Review |first=The Penitent |title=Katy Hessel, The Story of Art Without Men – The Penitent Review |url=https://thepenitentreview.com/2023/03/15/katy-hessel-the-story-of-art-without-men/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |language=en-US}} In 2022 she became a curatorial trustee of Charleston.{{cite web|access-date=2022-09-28|title=Charleston — New members appointed to our Board of Trustees|url=https://www.charleston.org.uk/stories/2022trustees/|website=Charleston}}
Awards
- 2021: Forbes 30 Under 30 in Art & Culture{{cite web|access-date=2022-09-28|title=Katy Hessel|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/katy-hessel/|website=Forbes}}
- 2022: Winner of Waterstones Book of the Year for The Story of Art Without Men{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-10-28 |title=Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist announced |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/10/28/222604/waterstones-book-of-the-year-shortlist-announced/ |access-date=2022-10-28 |website=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}
Publications
- {{Cite book |first=Katy | last=Hessel |title=The Story of Art Without Men |publisher=Penguin Group |year=2022 |isbn=9781529151145 |location=London |author-mask=2}}{{cite news|first1=Rachel|last1=Campbell-Johnston|access-date=2022-09-28|title=The Story of Art Without Men by Katy Hessel — history reborn|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/art/article/the-story-of-art-without-men-by-katy-hessel-history-reborn-gl2jc38k2|issn=0140-0460|website=The Times}}{{cite web|first1=Obi|last1=Jilani|access-date=2022-09-28|title=I can't wait to give Katy Hessel's The Story Of Art Without Men to my teenage daughter|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/the-story-of-art-without-men-by-katy-hessel-review-i-cant-wait-to-give-this-to-my-teenage-daughter-1814807|date=25 August 2022|website=inews.co.uk}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com Hessel's bio on the Great Women Artists site]
- {{Instagram|thegreatwomenartists}}
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Category:21st-century English writers
Category:21st-century English women writers
Category:Alumni of University College London
Category:British women art historians
Category:British women podcasters
Category:Historians from London
Category:Mass media people from London
Category:People educated at Westminster School, London
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
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