Lydia Figes is Art UK's Content Editor. After graduating from University College London and the Courtauld Institute of Art she worked for art galleries such as Lisson Gallery and Barbican before becoming a freelance writer. Her writing has appeared in the Guardian, Dazed, AnOther Magazine, BBC Arts, British Journal of Photography, Limna, Artsy, TANK, The Critic, Elephant, Little White Lies and Apollo (Art news daily). Her short fiction has been published by The London Magazine and she has also been a guest critic for BBC Radio 4's Front Row.
She contributed towards the publication Artifacts: Fascinating Facts about Art, Artists, and the Art World (2022) and The Great Women Painters (2023) both published by Phaidon. She is
- @LydiaRFiges
- @lydunishka
