Alayo Akinkugbe is an independent writer and curator. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA in History of Art in 2021 and graduated with an MA in Curating The Art Museum from the Courtauld Institute of Art in 2023. Akinkugbe is a contributing editor at AnOther Magazine, writing the column Black Gazes, she hosts the podcast A Shared Gaze, and runs the Instagram platform, A Black History of Art which celebrates the contributions of Black artists, sitters, curators and thinkers from art history and the present day. She has contributed to books and exhibition catalogues and written for publications including Dazed, Tate Etc and The World of Interiors. Her aim is to continually highlight the work of Black artists from across the globe and all periods of art history, in a bid to challenge the way art history is taught and presented in the West.

Contact: info@alayoakinkugbe.com

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