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Dr Emma Kindred

Gallery One salon hang
Gallery One salon hang
Gallery One salon hang
Gallery One salon hang

Conversation pieces

Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2025

Curator Emma Kindred shares a glimpse of the creative process behind her selection of works for the National Portrait Gallery’s salon hang.
I’ll miss you copying things, 2018 Joan Ross
I’ll miss you copying things, 2018 Joan Ross
I’ll miss you copying things, 2018 Joan Ross
I’ll miss you copying things, 2018 Joan Ross

When birds no longer sing

Magazine article by Dr Emma Kindred, 2024

Emma Kindred looks at the career of Joan Ross, whose work subverts colonial imagery and its legacy with the clash of fluorescent yellow.

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