James Cahill (author)
British art critic, academic, and author
James Cahill is a British art critic, academic, and author.
Early life
Cahill was born in London. He earned a degree in Classics and English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by a master's degree in Contemporary Art from the Courtauld Institute. In 2017, he completed a PhD in Classics at Cambridge University. He is a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at King's College London.
Career
He has written for publications including Apollo, The Burlington Magazine, The London Review of Books and The Times Literary Supplement.
In 2022, his debut novel, Tiepolo Blue, was published. The Guardian called it
"a bold debut of psychosexual awakening".
In April 2026, he was a guest on the Off the Shelf podcast.
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