Vincent Jordan
- Email: clvx0247@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Collaboration and Competition: the National Gallery and the Regional Public Art Gallery, 1920s-1980s
- Supervisors: Professor Mark Westgarth, Dr Susanna Avery-Quash
Profile
I am an AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership researcher with an interdisciplinary background. I gained my first degree at the University of Oxford (Christ Church, 2018-2021) and my master’s degree at the University of Birmingham, where I co-curated an exhibition of Dutch and Flemish paintings at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts.
I am based at both the National Gallery (London) and the University of Leeds.
Research interests
My current research centres on the history of museums and galleries in 20th century Britain. I am especially interested in ‘regional’ art galleries and their relation to both the capital and one another.
My thesis will explore connections between the National Gallery and regional public art galleries over the 20th century, drawing on themes of collaboration and competition.
More broadly, I hold research interests in historiography, aesthetics, and how insights from political theory might elucidate the historical relationship between the state and the arts.
Qualifications
- MA Art History and Curating (University of Birmingham)
- MA Classical Archaeology and Ancient History (University of Oxford)