Dr Jo Applin is a specialist in modern and contemporary art, with a particular emphasis on American art since 1960. A faculty member at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, she has published widely on contemporary art - her most recent book, Eccentric Objects: Rethinking Sculpture in 1960s America, was published in 2012 - and is an active critic, writing regularly for Artforum and other publications.

Professor Briony Fer, FBA is an art historian, critic and curator. Professor of History of Art at University College London, she has written extensively on diverse topics of twentieth-century and contemporary art.