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Past talks and events

Wednesday 27 November, 6pm

Christmas book signing with Charlie Porter and Ekow Eshun, Hatchards Piccadilly, London

Saturday 30 November, 6pm

Exhibition opening for the GWA Residency at Palazzo Monti, Brescia

Thursday 24 October, 6.30pm​

Waterstones Piccadilly ​

Monday 4 November, 7pm

Hatchards Piccadilly, In Conversation with Lynn Barber

​Friday 11 October, 6:30pm

The Wallace Collection, with Flora Yuknovich and Xavier Bray 

Thursday 26 September, 6.45pm

The London Library, with Dorothy Price, Hettie Judah and Chris Bayley​

Saturday 5 October, 10am

Cheltenham Literary Festival

Tuesday 10 September

Garden Museum, with Flo Dill and Charlie Porter ​

Tuesday 17 September

Paperback Book launch, with Pandora Sykes, Union Chapel

18 May: Auckland, NZ

Auckland Writers Festival | Tickets

22 May: Sydney

In conversation with Tracey Moffatt | Tickets

25 May: Sydney

Sydney Writers Festival | Tickets

26 May: Bundanon

Boyd Education Centre | Tickets

29 May: Melbourne

National Gallery of Victoria | Tickets

31 May: Brisbane

Brisbane Writers Festival | Tickets

1 June: Brisbane

Panel – On the Basis of Sex | Tickets

1 June: Brisbane

Panel – Writing About Art | Tickets

Thursday 2 November

Barnes & Noble, Upper West Side, NYC | Talk 

Sunday 5 November

Montclair Art Museum, NJ | Talk 

Tuesday 7 November 

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa | Talk 

Sunday 12 November

National Museum of Women in the Arts, DC | Keynote speech + book signing

Tuesday 14 November 

ICA San Francisco, CA | Talk

Sunday 15 October, 4pm | Foyles, Charing Cross Road

In conversation with Es Devlin 

Friday 2 June, 7pm | Hay Festival

In conversation with Will Gompertz and Jeremy Deller

Sunday 4 June, 12pm | Hay Festival

In conversation with Claire Armitstead 

Tuesday 2 May, 7pm | The Strand Book Store, NYC

In conversation with Jerry Saltz 

Thursday 4 May, 6:30pm | Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC

In conversation with Anne Reeve,

Friday 5 May, 7pm | MFA Boston

Solo Presentation 
Saturday 6 May, 5pm | Rhode Island School of Design Museum

Solo Presentation 

Wednesday 10 May, 6:30pm | Guggenheim Museum, NYC

Solo Presentation

Friday 12 May, 12pm | Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia

Solo Presentation 

Sunday 21 May, 2pm | Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT 

Solo Presentation

Tuesday 23 May, 7pm | The Booksmith, San Francisco, CA 

Solo Presentation

Wednesday 24 May, 7pm | Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, CA

Solo Presentation 

12 March 2023 – WOW Festival, Royal Festival Hall, London

In conversation with Kate Mosse

23 February 2023 – Barbican, London

The Subject and Me: Katy Hessel, Chantal Joffe and Christina Kimeze on Alice Neel, 

16 February 2023 – Art/Lit Salon, London Library

Edmund de Waal and Celia Paul

7 February 2023 – Murray Edwards Hall, Cambridge University

In conversation with Dorothy Byrne

21 November 2022 - V&A, London

Art and Power in World History with Simon Sebag-Montefiore

14 November 2022 - Toppings, St Andrews

Tour of The Story of Art without Men

14 November 2022 - University of St Andrews, St Andrews x Waterstones

Tour of The Story of Art without Men

22 October 2022 - Yeovil Literary Festival

Tour of The Story of Art without Men

21 October 2022 - Toppings, Bath

Tour of The Story of Art without Men

20 October 2022 - Arnolfini, Bristol

Tour of The Story of Art without Men

19 October 2022 - Falmouth Book Festival

Katy Hessel and Michael Bird on The Story of Art

17 October 2022 - 5x15

15 minute talk on The Story of Art Without Men

15 October 2022 - Cliveden Literary Festival

In conversation with Yana Peel, Nicholas Cullinan and Flora Yukhnovich

9 October 2022 - Cheltenham Literature Festival

The Story of Art Without Men with Jessie Burton

8 October 2022 - Cheltenham Literature Festival

Her Story: Forgotten Women of History with Katherine Pangonis

8 October 2022 - Cheltenham Literature Festival

From Paint to Page: Art in Fiction with Chloë Ashby, James Cahill and Sophie Haydock

29 September 2022 - The London Library 

In conversation with Jennifer Higgie

28 September 2022 - Victoria Miro 

Rescheduled book launch & signing 

26 September 2022 - Association for Art History

Tour of The Story of Art Without Men

25 September 2022 - Wimbledon Book Festival

Tour of The Story of Art Without Men

16 September 2022 - Waterstones, Cambridge

Tour of The Story of Art Without Men

15 September 2022 - Daunt Books, Marylebone

In conversation with Charlie Porter about The Story of Art Without Men

14 September 2022 - Sevenoaks Bookshop, Kent

Tour of The Story of Art Without Men

13 September 2022 - Bookshop.org

Online talk with Viv Groskop

1 September 2022 - The Garden 

Online talk on 'Where are all the women in art?'

20 August 2022 - Edinburgh Book Festival

Ferren Gipson & Katy Hessel: Reclaiming Art History

18 August 2022 - Waterstones Glasgow

An evening with Katy Hessel

21 July 2022 - Stephen Friedman Gallery 

Online conversation with Deborah Roberts, Amy Sherald, Kenturah Davis and Genevieve Gaignard

18 July 2022  - Kasmin Gallery

Chairing conversation with Elizabeth Smith and Flora Yukhnovich

25 March 2022 – Tate Modern

Women of Surrealism

27 January 2022 – Dulwich Picture Gallery

Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty – In Conversation

16 October 2021 – Cheltenham Literary Festival
Interview: Jennifer Higgie 
16 October 2021 – Cheltenham Literary Festival
​Panel: Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? 

15 October 2021 – Bluecoat, Liverpool
In conversation: Deborah Roberts

 14 October 2021 – The Gallery of Everything
Women and Spiritualism

7 October 2021 – The London Library

In conversation: Rebecca Birrell and Jennifer Higgie

27 May 2021 – Oxford Union

Debate: This House Believes All Art is Propaganda (in person)

17 May 2021 – Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA)

In conversation with Chantal Joffe

28 April 2021 – Artfund

In conversation with Chila Burman 

13 April 2021 – Garden Museum

In conversation with Shara Hughes 

1 April 2021 – Kasmin Gallery

In conversation with Eric Gleason on Lee Krasner

30 March 2021 – Phillips Auction House

In conversation with Nellie Scott on Sister Corita Kent

17 March 2021 – National Portrait Gallery

In conversation with Flavia Frigeri (via @NPGLondon live)

8 March 2021 – Bombay Sapphire

In conversation with Charlotte Edey and Faye Wei Wei 

18 February 2021 – Eiderdown Books

In conversation with Laura Smith on Eileen Agar

29 October 2020 – Victoria Miro Gallery

In conversation with María Berrío 

17 October 2020 – Victoria Miro Gallery

In conversation with Flora Yukhnovich

16 October 2020 – Toast Creative Residency

In conversation with Michaela Yearwood-Dan

6 October 2020 – Intelligence Squared x Sotheby's

Artemisia Gentileschi discussion with Letizia Treves and Edoardo Roberti

13 August 2020 – Alighieri: Women Artists of the Renaissance and Baroque

In conversation with Chloe Stead, Director, Colnaghi Gallery

2 August 2020 – Alighieri: Top 5 Female Artists

In conversation with Alighieri founder, Rosh Mahtani

30 July 2020 – Lee Miller and Art Today

Moderated a talk with Maisie Cousins, Charlotte Edey, and Lee Miller's granddaughter, Ami Bouhassane

26 June 2020 – Masterpiece Art Fair

Moderated a talk on Women Artists with Zoé Whitley, Richard Saltoun, Letizia Treves, and more

25 June 2020 – Sotheby's

In conversation with Amy Cappellazzo

22 June 2020 – Porthmeor Studios 

Hosted a talk with Lubaina Himid, Emma Fineman, Sam Bassett, and others

16 June 2020 – Instagram Live: Victoria Miro Gallery

In conversation with Jessie Makinson

9 June 2020 – Instagram Live: Victoria Miro Gallery

In conversation with Kudzanai-Violet Hwami

31 May 2020 – Instagram Live: Alighieri 

Discussion about the female Pre-Raphaelites

21 May 2020 – Courtauld Institute of Art

Hosted a talk on Women Artists

22 April 2020 – Instagram Live: Dior

30-min talk on Feminist Art via @Dior

16 April 2020 – Instagram Live: König Galerie

#10amSeries Q&A with Johann König via @koniggalerie

29 March 2020 – Instagram Live: Russell Tovey

Q&A with Russell Tovey on his art collection via @thegreatwomenartists

25 March 2020 – Instagram Live: Jordan Casteel

Q&A with Jordan Casteel via @thegreatwomenartists

20 February 2020 – Hauser & Wirth London

Walk & Talk with Katy Hessel: Alina Szapocznikow 

3 February 2020 – Valeria Napoleone Residence

In conversation with Alma Zevi and Mayo Bucher on Heidi Bucher

25 January 2020 – Simon Lee Gallery

In conversation with France-Lise McGurn

16 January 2020 – Fabian Lang, Zurich

In conversation with Jessie Makinson

14 December 2019 – Palazzo Monti 

Private view for GWA x PM 2019

26 November 2019 – Sketch

Women in Podcasting 

13 October 2019 – Cheltenham Literature Festival

Rebel Muses with Tai Shani, Dr Catriona McAra, Dr Carol Jacobi

4 October 2019 – Sotheby's x Harper's Bazaar

Spoke on a panel about female Old Masters

2 October 2019 – Frieze Academy x GANNI

Interviewed the artist Phoebe Collings-James

9 September 2019 – Marguerite

Social Media for Art and Fashion (sold out)

10 September 2019 – Rough Trade Books

Hosting a talk on Madge Gill (ticketed)

17 August 2019 – Tate St Ives

Katy Hessel looks at the Huguette Caland Exhibition

31 July 2019 – Pace

Salon on the genesis on The Great Women Artists

25 July 2019 – Hauser & Wirth Somerset

Lecture: An Alternative History of Art: Women Artists 1550–1945 

22 July 2019 – Second Home

Marguerite Salon on launching a wildly successful podcast 

20 July 2019 – Victoria Miro, Wharf Road

In conversation with Caroline Walker and Leslie Ramos

6 July 2019 – Victoria Miro, Wharf Road

Hosting a conversation between Eleanor Nairne and Flora Yukhnovich 

2 July 2019 – 5 Hertford Street

In conversation with Alma Zevi and Katy Stubbs 

22 June 2019 – Victoria Miro, Wharf Road

Hosting a conversation between Laura Smith and Caroline Walker

10 June 2019 – Sketch for Marguerite

The Little Wife Complex: The Great Women Artists meets Kate Bryan

8 June 2019 – Victoria Miro, Wharf Road

Leading exhibition walkthrough of María Berrío, Caroline Walker, Flora Yukhnovich (free)

7 June 2019 – The National Gallery

A Feminist Guide to Art History: Katy Hessel charts her personal top 20 most influential women artists of all time (ticketed)

30 May 2019 – The Arts Club

Panellist with Dr Flavia Frigeri, Jennifer Higgie, Harriet Loffler 

20 May 2019 – Chiltern Firehouse

Chairing: Marguerite Salon on the hustle of launching a successful business

9 April 2019 – Lévy Gorvy

In conversation with Dr Flavia Frigeri on her latest book

21 March 2019 – The Koppel Project

Talk on The Great Women Artists

20 March 2019 – Christie's Education

Lecture: Women at Auction

7 March 2019 – Channel4

Panellist for International Women's Day, chaired by Cathy Newman

2 March 2019 – The Painting Rooms

Artist interview with Alba Hodsoll

26 February 2019 – Sarabande

In conversation with artist Unskilled Worker

25 February 2019 – Goldsmiths, University of London 

Introduction to marketing for galleries

22 February 2019 – Tate Modern

Great Women Artists curated takeover for Uniqlo Tate Lates

6 February 2019 – Stephen Friedman Gallery

Artist walkthrough for Out of This World exhibition

30 January 2019 – The Dot Project

Artist Talk with Clare Dudeney

10 December 2018 – Photo London

Panellist: Activism in Instagram

8 December 2018 – Elephant West

Chaired 4-artist panel: Sex Pistols 

20 November 2018 – Cambridge University

Lecture: Women Artists 1550–1945 at New Hall Art Collection

14 November 2018 – TJ Boulting

Chaired artist talk of In The Company Of

October–November 2018 – TJ Boulting

10 public tours over the course of In The Company Of 

29 October 2018 – The Ivy Club

Panellist: Women in Photography 

12 October 2018 – Marguerite 

Talk on In The Company Of

October 2018 – Allbright Club

Chaired panel: Making Money from your Craft 

September 2018 – The Dot Project

Artist interview with Cristina BanBan

September 2018 – Allbright Club

Lecture: Women Artists 1550–1945

August 2018 – Pallant House Gallery

Lecture: Women Artists 1550–1945 

June 2018 – Vogue International 

Panellist: Instagram Community

April–May 2018 – Victoria Miro

Hosted a series of talks Surface Work 

May 2018 – The Courtauld 

Panellist: Technology in Women’s Art 

March 2018 – Ladybeard Mag 

Chaired 4-artist panel: Female Digital Art

March 2018 – Benk + Bo

Chaired 4-artist panel: The Nude 

March 2018 – Soho House

Panellist: Art For Instagram 

January 2018 – Frieze Academy

Lecture: Social Media for Art and Fashion

November 2017 – Mother London

Exhibition tour to Vogue Editors

July 2017 – Art Night 2017

Women Artist Masterclass