I have been talking for a few years about how amazing it would be for an art gallery to have a Philosopher in Residence and Open Eye Gallery are doing it! 🥳

photography! ethics! free to join!

snagged tickets to National Gallery opening day of After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art 😍

“The first time I presented any research about #SimonedeBeauvoir was in 2008.” Kate Kirkpatrick fivebooks.com/best-books/sim… Aeon Magazine aeon.co/videos/im-agai… “From the very beginning, existentialism defined itself as a philosophy of ambiguity.” marxists.org/reference/subj…

Don't forget former SotA Postgraduates @_RachelHandley's book launch Blackwells Liverpool on Monday 6 March at 6pm! Get your free ticket here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

Tennessee you better watch your back you bald bitch.

What is the Role of Social Documentary Ethics in 2023? What does it mean to bring the invisible into the spotlight? Can we only make art of our own experience? Here's the summary of the discussion with Craig Easton, Mariama Attah and Liz Wewiora: openeye.org.uk/blog/photo-eth….

A few weeks ago, we had to move our account from the old handle (British Journal of Aesthetics) to this one due to some clerical difficulties. Help us spread the good word of the BJA, people!

🐧 ‘One can’t be angry when one looks at a Penguin’ So said art critic John Ruskin, who often visited the Museum to look at penguins to cure his ‘disgust and fury’. We hope this perfectly plumed picture brightens your mood on #WorldPenguinDay 🐧 🔎🔗 ow.ly/A0s450NO7MO

My new paper looking at embodied interaction and levels of empathy (+ related affective states) in participatory art is now out in Journal of Aesthetics and Phenomenology - thanks to LiverpoolPhilosophy WIP for scrutinising a draft of this last year! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our team is standing #withukrainianculture ! Have you noticed Ukrainian photographs and UK poems around Liverpool: at @livuni,Liverpool ONE, Merseyrail, Bold Street? Find them, post a selfie with an artwork with hashtag #withukrainianculture and show your support💛💙

pleased to have had my paper accepted for the upcoming UK Sartre Society conference, really looking forward to it!

The American Society for Aesthetics announces that it is providing $5,000 in partial support for the conference on Existential Aesthetics, to be held August 2-3, 2024, at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI. For more information: aesthetics-online.org/news/640777/AS…

Sartre’s Existentialism philosophynews.com/sartres-existe…

🗣British Society of Aesthetics Connections: Aesthetics and Political Epistemology ✨ Bringing together aestheticians, epistemologists and political philosophers 🗓 19-21 June 2023 📍In person or online Register here 👉 liverpool.ac.uk/philosophy/eve…

News that the British Museum has not renewed contracts with oil giant BP is being hailed by climate advocates as a “massive victory.” hyperallergic.com/826121/british…

I’ve volunteered with OEG since 2019. One of the best decisions I’ve made—

When British people talk about the Parthenon Marbles being 'legally' taken it really just boils down to this. Read my full summary here: csmfht.substack.com/p/the-partheno…

🚨CFP announced for Existential Aesthetics Conference. 🚨 aesthetics-online.org/news/646157/CF…

My new book available for pre-order now 🥳 Kind words at the back by Adrian Piper, Cornelia Parker and James Fox. Image by Maurice Mbikayi Will be posting more during lead-up to publication: 24 October with Yale University Press London 📖 Preview in thread