art history

Katie’s research interests focus on the nineteenth-century circulation, display and reception of the art of the past, specifically that of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. She is particularly interested in the ways in which misattributions can bring the values of their time into focus and enable a deeper understanding of the relationship between art-historical knowledge, aesthetic preferences and social and political ideologies.

Katie gained a PhD in Art History from The Open University in March 2025 with her thesis titled ‘Giotto and Non-Giotto in Nineteenth-Century Britain’. Her doctoral research was supported by CHASE, the Consortium of the Humanities and Arts South-east England. Prior to that, she gained an MA in Art History with Distinction from the Open University in 2017. Her MA dissertation, titled 'How did Ugolino di Nerio's Santa Croce Polyptych challenge and change the art historical canon between 1780 and 1887?', was runner-up in the Association for Art History's post-graduate dissertation prize 2017. Katie holds a post-graduate Diploma in Art Gallery and Museum Studies from the University of Manchester. She has worked for a number of art galleries and museums including Barbican Art Gallery and Royal Collections Trust. Her first degree was in Fine Art (Edinburgh University and College of Art, MA).