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UK Fellow, History of Art and Music, Culture, Media and Performance, elected in 1996

Professor Dawn Adès FBA

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About this Fellow

History of Art;Central America; South America; USA, Canada, Mexico; Eastern Europe; Southern Europe; Western Europe

Website: http://www.essex.ac.uk/arthistory/staff/profile.aspx?ID=171

Appointments

Current post

  • Professor Emerita of Art History and Theory, University of Essex

Past Appointments

  • Professor Emerita of Art History and Theory, University of Essex, 2017
  • Professor of Art History and Theory, University of Essex, 1990
  • Lecturer, Reader, University of Essex, 1978 - 1990
  • Research Fellow, Institute of Latin American Studies University of London, 1973 - 1975

British Academy Appointments

  • Member of Council, 1999 - 2002

Top picks

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Great Thinkers: Dawn Adès FBA on John Golding FBA

John Golding FBA wrote the definitive book on Cubism and staged landmark exhibitions of Matisse and Picasso while also enjoying a successful career as an artist. In this episode, Dawn Ades FBA looks back over his life and enduring impact on modern art. 28 May 2019
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Dawn Adès: interview

Dawn Adès on meeting Salvador Dalí, and the art of putting on an exhibition. 24 Mar 2018
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Publications

Salvador Dali

Dawn Adès, 1982 Thames & Hudson
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Dada and Surrealism reviewed

Dawn Adès, 1978 Arts Council of Great Britain

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Professor Lisa Tickner

History of British art in the late 19th and 20th centuries, including the imagery of the suffrage campaign, early 20th-century British modernism, art education, and the London art world in the 1960s.

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Professor Deborah Howard

The art and architecture of Venice and the Veneto; Renaissance architectural history and theory; the relationship between Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean; and music and architecture in the Renaissance

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Professor Simon Frith

The sociology of music; popular music history, music policy & the analysis of music business & culture

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