Profile
Kathryn is a specialist in three inter-connected fields: modern and contemporary art, art markets, and digital art history.
Modern and Contemporary Art: Kathryn’s books include Women Readers in French Painting 1870–1890 (Routledge 2012), Matisse’s Poets: Critical Performance in the Artist’s Book (Bloomsbury Academic, 2017), Henri Matisse: A Critical Life (Reaktion, 2021), and Dialogues with Degas: Influence and Antagonism in Contemporary Art (forthcoming Bloomsbury, 2023). In addition to her journal articles, book chapters, and catalogue essays, she has edited numerous essay collections including: The Art Book Tradition in Twentieth-Century Europe (Routledge, 2013), Interactive Contemporary Art: Participation in Practice (I.B. Tauris, 2014), Perspectives on Degas (Routledge, 2017) and Digital Humanities and Art History (Routledge, 2020).
Art Markets: Kathryn’s work on art markets involves close examination the values and epistemic cultures that have developed around artists, art objects, and cultures of display. Her recent articles in this area have been published in the Journal of Visual Art Practice, Cultural Studies, Visual Studies, and the Journal for Art Market Studies.
Digital Art History: In 2020, Kathryn edited the Companion to Digital Humanities and Art History (Routledge). Following a British Academy Talent Development award in 2021, she has developed projects in computer vision analyses of artworks and collaborates closely with computer scientists active in this field. Her work explores the disciplinary opportunities and challenges that have emerged in response to the use of digital resources and methodologies in art historical research and teaching.
In recent years, Kathryn’s research has been funded by the British Academy, the Terra Foundation for American Art, The Independent Social Research Foundation, The Shpilman Center for Photography, the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, French Studies, and the Association for Art History. She has held visiting fellowships at the Humanities Research Centre of the Australian National University, Tulane University, and the Center for Advanced Studies in Visual Art in Washington DC.