Known for his theory of Closure, he is Director of the Institute of Art and Ideas, founder of the Artscape Project, a director of TVF Media and founder of HowTheLightGetsIn, Europe's largest philosophy and music festival.
With exhibitions from galleries such as The View, the UK's contemporary art scene combines with a debate series featuring significant cultural figures such as former Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Adrian Noble, novelist Mark Haddon and art historian Griselda Pollock.
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Cultural highlights ranged from the likes of Ghostpoet, Mount Kimbie and The Correspondents, to comedy and the screening of documentaries from around the world with BBC Four.
She has been chairman and interviewer at the annual Institute of Art and Ideas Crunch arts festivals and HowTheLightGetsIn Philosophy festivals, and she regularly blogs for The Independent's Notebook.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Museum of Modern Art | Art Deco | Metropolitan Museum of Art | California Institute of Technology | Art Institute of Chicago | Institute for Advanced Study | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | National Gallery of Art | Honolulu Museum of Art | American Institute of Architects | Whitney Museum of American Art | Georgia Institute of Technology | Los Angeles County Museum of Art | Art Nouveau | Royal College of Art | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Walker Art Center | Rochester Institute of Technology | Franklin Institute | art | Royal Institute of Technology | Pasteur Institute | Institute of Contemporary Arts | Glasgow School of Art | Museum of Contemporary Art | California Institute of the Arts | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | British Film Institute | Philadelphia Museum of Art |