Contributors

Suzy Annetta

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Suzy Annetta is a cofounder of Design Anthology magazine, an independent publication that celebrates the burgeoning creative and cultural scene in Asia and beyond; the publisher Fifth Black Media; and the interior design company Studio Annetta. She is based in Hong Kong.

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Mark Antliff

Duke University

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Mark Antliff is Associate Professor of Art History at Duke University and author of Inventing Bergson: Cultural Politics and the Parisian Avant-Garde. He co-edited with Matthew Affron Fascist Visions: Art and Ideology in France and Italy.

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Iris Apfel

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Iris Apfel is co-founder of the international textile company Old World Weavers and an authority on antique fabrics.

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Daniel Arasse

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Daniel Arasse taught art history at the Sorbonne and was Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He has published widely on the history of painting, including studies of Vermeer, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael.

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Evgenia Arbugaeva

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Evgenia Arbugaeva is a Russian-born, London-based photographer, a Fulbright-National Geographic Society Storytelling fellow, and a recipient of the ICP Infinity Award and the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. Her work has been exhibited internationally and appeared in publications such as National Geographic, Time, and the New Yorker, among others. Haulout, directed by Evgenia and her brother Maxim Arbugaev, was nomated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film in 2023.

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Magda Archer

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Magda Archer is an artist who creates nostalgic paintings and collages accompanied by phrases suggestive of an anxious and disillusioned temperament. Archer works to create meaningful juxtapositions in the content of her paintings—bringing stark truths together with ironically innocent scenes in her bold, colorful, and kitsch artworks. Archer's work has been widely exhibited and she has recently collaborated with major fashion designers, including Marc Jacobs, Comme des Garçons, and Jenny Packham.

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Michael Archer

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Michael Archer is an art critic and Professor of Art at Goldsmiths, University of London. His writing on art has appeared in Artforum, Parkett, and Art Monthly.

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Juliette Arent

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Juliette Arent and Sarah-Jane Pyke share a passion for design that places people at its heart. Their approach is deeply empathic and collaborative as they craft mindful interiors that respond to and reflect the lifestyles of their owners. With combined backgrounds in architecture, interior design, and fine arts, the pair brought their years of design expertise, rigorous attention to detail, and visionary flair to form the award-winning Sydney-based design practice Arent&Pyke in 2007.

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Simon Armstrong

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Simon Armstrong is an author, artist, agent, editor, and book buyer for Tate Modern, Tate Britain, and Tate Liverpool. He has worked as a DJ, club promoter, bookseller, bookshop manager, and head of retail at London’s Design Museum. He is the author of Cool Art and Cool Architecture.

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Pita Arreola

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Pita Arreola is digital art curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

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Miren Arzalluz

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Miren Arzalluz is director of the Palais Galliera, and former curator and head of collections at Fundación Cristóbal Balenciaga.

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Sigrun Åsebø

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Sigrun Åsebø is an Associate Professor of Art History at the Department of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies at the University of Bergen. Her research interests include feminist historiography and theory, women artists from modernity until today, and gender and diversity in art museums and curating.

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Steven Ashby

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Steven Ashby is a Senior Lecturer at the University of York. He is a medieval archeologist specializing in the archeology of portable material culture and the use of animal products in craft and industry. He recently recorded two series of documentaries in support of the History Channel’s popular drama Vikings.

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Lucy Askew

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Lucy Askew is Chief Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the National Galleries of Scotland, and a Trustee of The Common Guild and of Edinburgh Art Festival.

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Susan Au

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Susan Au is a freelance writer and dance historian. She is a contributor to The International Encyclopedia of Dance and was the American consultant for The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet.

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Nicolas Aubin

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Nicolas Aubin is a World War II specialist who has contributed to a number of journals of military history.

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Elizabeth Avedon

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Elizabeth Avedon is a photography book and exhibition designer, independent curator, and writer.

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Mark Avery

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Mark Avery is a scientist and naturalist who has written many books and also contributes to numerous journals and magazines.

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Jura Avižienis

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Jura Avižienis is a literary translator working from Lithuanian to English. She lives in Chicago.

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Ariella Aïsha Azoulay

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Ariella Aïsha Azoulay is Professor of Modern Culture and Media and Comparative Literature at Brown University.

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Makoto Azuma

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Makoto Azuma is internationally renowned for his extraordinary botanical sculptures, which he has exhibited extensively in North America and Europe. He is the author of Flora Magnifica.

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