The Story of Art without Men's Katy Hessel for How To Live An Artful Life

This November, we are joined by Katy Hessel, author of The Story of Art Without Men for her new book How to Live an Artful Life. A celebration of daily inspiration throughout the year in a joyful collection of quotes and ideas from artists.

The year ahead is a gift that has been given to you. What might you do with it?

Dive into the year with the wisdom of artists. Gathered from interviews, personal conversations, books and talks, How to Live an Artful Life moves through the months of the year offering you thoughts, reflections and encouragements from artists such as Marina Abramovic, Nan Goldin, Lubaina Himid, Louise Bourgeois and many more. With a thought for every day of the year, whether looking for beginnings in January, freedom in summer, or transformation as the nights draw in, this is a book of words to cherish. The year is full of the promise of work that has yet to be written, paintings that are yet to be painted, people who have yet to meet, talk, or fall in love. With this book in hand, pay attention, and see the world anew. Go out and find it, taste it, seize it, and live it - artfully.

Katy Hessel is an art historian, curator, broadcaster and author of The Story of Art without Men, a Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller, and the winner of Waterstones Book of the Year 2022.

Katy writes a fortnightly column for The Guardian, runs @thegreatwomenartists and hosts The Great Women Artists Podcast, where she has interviewed 140+ artists and writers, including Marina Abramovic and Tracey Emin.

In 2024, she launched Museums Without Men, an audio series highlighting works by women artists in museum collections worldwide. She has presented arts documentaries for the BBC; is a Honorary Fellow at the University of Cambridge; has lectured at the Guggenheim and Royal Academy; has curated exhibitions in Europe and the US, and runs an annual artist residency in Brescia, Italy, for emerging artists.