Essays & Op-Eds

As well as my academic books and papers, I’ve written many articles, op-eds and catalogue essays for a variety of journals, magazines, newspapers and galleries, and for a wide range of audiences, including for The Guardian, Jacobin Magazine,The Independent, The Times Literary Supplement, The Art Newspaper, Apollo Magazine, Art Review, Hyperallergic, Texte Zur Kunst, Frieze Magazine, Museum-ID, Museums Journal and Artnet. One of my recent op-eds was the most-read Art Review column of 2025.

A scrap-book of some this writing — ranging in theme from museum displays to public statues, from art to anthropology, from contemporary material culture to prehistoric landscapes, and from African cultural restitution to the enduring infrastructures of European colonialism — is gathered together below. A wider range of my publications is accessible through Google Scholar (academic writing) and MuckRack (journalism). To commission me to write for you get in touch.