Liverpool University Press Dorothy Morland: Making ICA History (Value: Art: Politics): 16

This is the first biography of Dorothy Morland (1906-1999) the first and only female Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London. It tells the story of the modernist network which Morland was part of from the 1930s until the 1970s. She was painted by Mark Gertler and danced with Picasso. Review With her characteristic sensitivity to socioeconomic context and questions of gender and class, Massey seeks to intercept the male-dominated narratives that have come to frame the formation of the ICA. In her new book, she again takes the patrilineage of art history to task by drawing attention to an overlooked – but highly influential – female administrator and director. [...] In fact, it is this layering of the author’s academic career with the professional life of her protagonist that truly animates the text. --Rosie Ram, Art History The book is remarkable for the way in which it interweaves a detailed account of Morland’s life with the early history of the ICA and a broad network of artists and art professionals... [Dorothy Morland Making ICA History] provides a welcome and captivating history of one of the most intriguing chapters in modern British art. --Elena Crippa, The Burlington Magazine About the Author Professor of Design and Culture, University of Huddersfield.