Katy Hessel

Katy Hessel is a 26 year-old art historian, presenter and curator. Best known for running @thegreatwomenartists, an Instagram account with 145,000 followers dedicated to celebrating female artists on a daily basis, she has collaborated with Victoria Miro Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, Tate Modern and Dior, among others. The host of The Great Women Artists Podcast, with over 400,000 downloads, Katy Hessel has written extensively for Phaidon and British Vogue, lectured at Cambridge University and the National Gallery, curated shows at the Timothy Taylor Gallery and annual residencies at Palazzo Monti, Brescia, and presented programmes for the BBC. She also hosts Dior's podcast, Dior Talks – Feminist Art.