Professional Portfolio
Below are a selection of pieces I have written while working as a Features Writer at Christie’s New York. They are often keyed to a specific department, such as Books & Manuscripts, Post-War & Contemporary, or Antiquities. Some pieces are auction previews, while others tell the story of a given work, but all are research-driven and break down complex art histories as needed.
Selections of art writing from Christie’s
Books and Manuscripts/Objects
Revealing the fabric of the human body: Vesalius’ illustrated anatomy
Heavenly spheres: a revolution in astronomical observation
RAF Flight Lieutenant Gerald Imeson’s Rolex Ref. 3525
Rapper’s delight: the record collection of DJ Kool Herc
The Spirit of Exploration: Maurice Sendak
Paintings/Contemporary Art
Fra Angelico’s Saint Dominic and the Stigmatization of Saint Francis
Francis Bacon’s Figure in Movement
The artist as historian: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s monumental retelling of the past (published in a small print run)
Endlessly breaking boundaries: three paintings by Jasper Johns
To laugh, as if Death were tickling us with his scythe: Alfred Hitchcock and Paul Klee*
Ant, brain, cigar: John Baldessari’s visual alphabet
Digital Art
Nigerian digital artist Osinachi is rewriting art history at the Toledo Museum of Art
Sale-Related
Sacred knowledge: the shared passion of John and Susan Huntington
Revealing brilliance: a history of artists who transformed light and atmosphere with paint