Anne Massey is an art historian, specialising in the history and and lasting significance of the Independent Group. She is also interested in the historiography of Pop Art and is currently Professorial Fellow at the University for the Creative Arts in Canterbury. She studied the history of modern art and design at Newcastle Polytechnic (now Northumbria University) at BA and then doctoral level. She has written eight books, including ‘The Independent Group: Modernism and Mass Culture in Britain, 1945-59 (Manchester University Press 1995) and ICA 1946-1968 (ICA 2014), Anne has worked extensively with archives, particularly those of the ICA where she is Research Associate. She has recently edited ‘Pop Art & Design’ with Alex Seago for Bloomsbury and ‘The Blackwell Companion to Contemporary Design’. Her book, ‘Dorothy Morland: Making ICA History’ was published by Liverpool University Press in April 2020. She has contributed to exhibition catalogues for the Haus der Kunst, Munich; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg and the Whitechapel Gallery. Anne co-curated an exhibition for the re-opening of the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle in October 2017 with Gill Hedley. She has broadcast on BBC4, Channel Four, BBC Radio 3 and 4.
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Anne Massey
Art historian specialising in pop art and design
