She is currently making a lecture tour of New Zealand, talking about how portraits of female celebrities fuelled celebrity culture in the 18th century. This research led to The First Actresses, a major curated exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery last year, and an international series of public lectures.
She will also be talking about how the house and home have inspired the work of numerous recent and contemporary artists, from Tracy Emin to Song Dong. Her research in this area is captured in a book, Playing at Home: The House in Contemporary Art due to be published later this year.
Gill Perry (pictured left), who is Professor of Art History at the OU, has chaired several Art History courses, including Modern Art: Practices and Debates (A316) and Art and its Histories (A216).
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OU research website: raising awareness of women's roles in portraiture
