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Paris A. Spies-Gans is an award-winning writer and art historian who specializes in uncovering women’s stories. Her work moves between close looking, rigorous research, and broad historical inquiry, challenging conventional narratives to develop a deeper understanding of the past.
Paris holds a PhD and MA in History from Princeton University, an MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, and an AB in History and Literature from Harvard University. Her first book, A Revolution on Canvas: The Rise of Women Artists in Britain and France, 1760-1830 (2022), was published by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in Association with Yale University Press. It was named one of the top art books of 2022 by The Art Newspaper and The Conversation and won several academic prizes.
She is currently working on her second book, A New Story of Art (Doubleday/US and Viking/UK).
Header image: Berthe Morisot, (detail) “The Port of Nice”, Dallas Museum of Art
