Elisabeth Frink: Iconic Works

Jo Baring is an art historian who is passionate about making art accessible to all.

Her popular podcast series Sculpting Lives was The Guardian’s ‘Podcast of the Week’ and was picked as a leading arts podcast by The Times, The Royal Academy and The Evening Standard. She is the editor of Revisiting Modern British Art which was called ‘a game-changer’ and writes for museums and national publications. Jo has given talks at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Tate, the Royal Academy and the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan amongst many other places. She has judged numerous art prizes including ING Discerning Eye, ARTiculation and Write about Art. She has written and presented two films on artist Elisabeth Frink for Heni Talks and appeared on BBC One’s Fake or Fortune.

In 2023 she was elected as the Frankland Visitor to Brasenose College, Oxford. She is the Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and a former Director of Christie’s UK. A graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art and Oxford University, Jo works with charities and schools to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to fall in love with art.