Sarah Wilson

Sarah Wilson is an art historian and curator whose interests extend from post-war and Cold War Europe and the USSR to contemporary global art. Sarah was educated at the University of Oxford (BA English Literature) and at The Courtauld, where she took her MA and PhD degrees. She joined The Courtauld’s faculty in 1982 and in addition to being a Professor, she held the positions of Head of the Modern and Contemporary Section (2005 – 2008) and  Head of Diploma Programmes (2014–2015).Recognised as a leading English-language expert on Post-War European art, including French Stalinism, neo-Marxism and the arts; Sarah regularly teaches in Paris as Professor at Paris-IV Sorbonne (2002–2004), Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts (2006–2007);  and at the Université de Versailles-Saint Quentin (2012–2013). In 1997 she was appointed Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres for services to French art and culture. Sarah’s major exhibitions and publications are far-reaching. At the Courtauld, the theses Sarah has supervised now constitute a unique English-language archive in the fields of post-1945 European and Eastern European – Soviet/Russian art history, many leading to important publications.  Former students are a source of particular pride for Sarah. She was Jade Niklai’s lead professor and dissertation supervisor at The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. courtauld.ac.uk