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Island emblem: Yayoi Kusama's Yellow Pumpkin (1994) at the Benesse Foundation on the island of Naoshima.From Islands and Contemporary Art by Gill Perry, photo courtesy of Joanna Woodall.
Island emblem: Yayoi Kusama’s Yellow Pumpkin (1994) at the Benesse Foundation on the island of Naoshima.
From Islands and Contemporary Art by Gill Perry, photo courtesy of Joanna Woodall.

Gill Perry is an art historian, writer and curator. She is Emeritus Professor of Art History at The Open University, UK. Her latest book, Islands and Contemporary Art, the ‘end-product’ of more than ten years of research in this and related areas, will be published in September 2024 .

She will be lecturing on a related topic ‘Goddesses and Islands: Swimming with Circe and Mother Ireland’ at The Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards Hall, Cambridge on 7 September 2024. Please check the Cambridge site for upcoming information.

A curated exhibition on the Islands theme is currently being conceived and planned. Watch this space for further information!