Editorial Board 2025—2026

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Isaac Nugent is a second-year WROCAH funded doctoral candidate in the History of Art department at the University of York. His research investigates how the urban environment of sixteenth-century Venice was reshaped through painted architecture. He also works as a gallery educator at the National Gallery and teaches 'A' Level art history for Art History Link-Up, an educational charity. Isaac has previously written book and exhibition reviews for a range of publications, including Burlington Contemporary, The Burlington Magazine and Dovetail. Before starting his PhD, he worked as a Curatorial Assistant for Modern and Contemporary Projects at the National Gallery.

Fengyi Guo is a first-year PhD student in History of Art at the University of York, funded jointly by the China Scholarship Council and the University of York (2025–2029). Her research interests include the transmission and reception of Dada’s publications, avant-gardes from the First World War to the Cold War, body politics, spatial theory, and gender studies. Fengyi has presented papers at the Association for Art History conferences, the LCAHM Conference, and the German Congress for Art History, on topics including Fluxus circulation, portable archives, and the political body in Yoko Ono’s Cut Piece.

Lan Luo is a PhD researcher in architecture at the University of York. Her research interests include city renewal, industrial heritage, museum digitisation and museum exhibition design. She has published on museum digitisation and serious games and is currently working on comparing the digital approaches in China and UK industrial museums, this study examines the digital and spatial narrative practices of museums and how digital technologies shape museum narratives and collective memories.

Anna Pratley is a second-year WRoCAH-funded PhD candidate in the History of Art Department at the University of York. Her research draws on the work of women portrait miniaturists in England from 1650-1750 to argue for a reassessment of the traditional binary categorisation of artists as either amateurs or professionals, introducing the concept of the quasi-professional. She has written articles and reviews for The New Historia, the Women's Studies Group 1558 – 1837, and Art Herstory, the latter of which is cited in the Wikipedia page for Susannah-Penelope Rosse. Anna also works as the Social Media and Publicity Assistant for Wigs On the Green, a York-based portrait miniature and silhouette specialist.