Victoria Horne is an art historian specialising in the cultural and intellectual history of Anglo-American feminism. Prior to joining Northumbria’s visual and material culture group in 2016, she was Teaching Fellow at University of Edinburgh and Paul Mellon Centre Postdoctoral Fellow.
Victoria’s research engages with the intellectual traditions and social practices of the art-historical discipline, paying particular attention to how institutions organise and express ideas about art. She has published articles about the photography collective the Hackney Flashers, the historiographic turn in contemporary women’s art, and feminist-influenced scholarship within the Association of Art Historians. In 2017 she co-edited with Lara Perry the book, Feminism and Art History Now. She regularly writes book and exhibition reviews for publications including Map. Victoria’s research has received funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the Association for Art History.
She is currently working on a project concerning the relationship of late twentieth-century periodical culture to the emergence of feminist-influenced perspectives on art, history and aesthetics. Related to this, in 2019 she edited a special issue of Women: A Cultural Review on the theme: ‘Danger! Women Reading: Feminist Encounters with Art, History and Theory’ (vol. 30 no.3, Oct 2019). This collection included her article on FAN: Feminist Arts News and women’s extra-institutional study groups. The project has been awarded a Paul Mellon Mid-Career Fellowship to support an extended period of research in 2020-21.
At Northumbria, Victoria teaches historical and critical studies to Graphic Design, Fine Art and Film students, as well as convening masters-level modules and supervising doctoral students. Since 2017 she has co-ordinated the Visual and Material Culture Group’s research seminars. She would be delighted to hear from prospective PhD students, especially those interested in in studying feminist visual culture and theory, art historiography, periodical culture or institutional critique.
PhD, University of Edinburgh, 2014.
MA, University of Manchester, 2009.
BA, Queen's University Belfast, 2008.
Further information can be found on academia.edu: https://northumbria.academia.edu/VictoriaHorne.
I’m an art historian specialising in the cultural and intellectual history of Anglo-American feminism. I tend to write about the mechanisms and infrastructures through which artistic and intellectual communities are formed, and I’m interested in artworks that also reflect on these historical concerns. My research has been published in Art History, Journal of Art Historiography, Journal of Visual Culture and Feminist Review, while I regularly write shorter pieces and reviews for publications incl. MAP and Burlington (Contemporary).
For the past few years I’ve been researching the feminist art press, positioning it as a galvanising force in the UK women’s art movement of the 1970s to 1990s. This material forms of the basis of the monograph, If We Don’t Write It Nobody Will! Feminist Arts News and the UK Women’s Art Movement (currently in progress). In addition to convening conferences on the subject, I’m editing a volume of essays exploring grassroots, artist-led publishing and how it reshaped the cultural landscape in Britain and beyond, in Counter Print: The Alternative Art Press in Britain after 1970.
I previously edited a special issue of Women: A Cultural Review on the theme, ‘Danger! Women Reading: Feminist Encounters with Art, History and Theory’ (vol. 30 no.3, Oct 2019), and co-edited with Lara Perry the book, Feminism and Art History Now (2017, reissued 2022). My research has received funding from the Terra Foundation for American Art, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the Association for Art History.
At Northumbria, I have taught historical and critical studies to students of Graphic Design, Fine Art and Film, as well as convening masters-level modules and supervising doctoral students. Since 2022 I have been Postgraduate Research Lead for Fine Art and from 2023 will be PGR Lead for the Department of Arts. I have co-ordinated the Visual and Material Culture Group’s since 2017, hosting almost 40 research seminars.
If you’re a prospective PhD student please feel free to contact me, especially those interested in in studying feminist visual culture and theory, art historiography, periodical culture or institutional critique.
PhD, University of Edinburgh, 2014.
MA, University of Manchester, 2009.
BA, Queen's University Belfast, 2008.
Current PhD supervision:
2021-23: Sonny Ruggiero (University of Edinburgh), "A history of Spare Rib and feminist politics in Britain". Co-supervisor (external).
2017-2021: James Bell, "Queering archives and archiving queers". Submitted April 2021.
External roles:
2020-24: External Examiner, MA History of Art, University of Glasgow.
Open Days are a great way for you to get a feel of the University, the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the course(s) you are interested in.
Research is the life blood of a University and at Northumbria University we pride ourselves on research that makes a difference; research that has application and affects people's lives.
Find out what life here is all about. From studying to socialising, term time to downtime, we’ve got it covered.
As fans prepare for the 2024 World Snooker Championship to get under way this weekend, a new…
In this article originally written for The Conversation*, Dr Thomas Cheney, Vice Chancellor's…
Adults who use Instagram are no more likely to suffer from anxiety, depression or loneliness…
Professor Andy Long, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Northumbria University, has been…
A Northumbria University academic has received levelling up funding to help creative and cultural…
Over one hundred registered nurses have now been added to the region’s NHS workforce through…
Back to top
