Mahon is Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art History, and a Fellow of Trintiy College, at the University of Cambridge with specialist interest in Surrealism, feminist art practice, and performance art. She is the author of ‘Surrealism & the Politics of Eros, 1938-1968’ (Thames & Hudson, 2005), ‘Eroticism & Art’ (Oxford University Press, 2005), ‘The Marquis de Sade and the Avant-Garde’ (Princeton University Press, 2020), and ‘Dorothea Tanning: A Surrealist World’ (Yale University Press, 2026). As curator her projects include the major retrospective of American Surrealist Dorothea Tanning (1910-2012) for the Reina Sofia, Madrid and Tate Modern, London (2018-2019) and SADE: Freedom or Evil for the CCCB Barcelona (2023), and serving as scientific/curatorial advisor for Ithell Colquhoun (Tate St Ives & Tate Britain, 2025) and Leonor Fini (Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 2026 and MAM Paris, 2027).
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Alyce Mahon
Professor of Modern & Contemporary Art History, University of Cambridge
