Aimee Dawson is a British writer, editor and speaker on the art world. Her areas of specialty include art in the digital sphere; art and social media; and modern and contemporary art in the Middle East.
Aimee has worked at the leading art publication The Art Newspaper in London for more than seven years and is currently the Live Editor. Previously she worked as the Digital Editor, running the newspaper's busy website, commissioning and editing articles from a team of over 50 correspondents in more than 30 countries. Aimee is also co-producer—and occasional co-host—of the award-winning The Week in Art podcast and the author of the monthly column Insta’ gratification, which looks at how the art world and social media platforms collide.
Aimee holds a BA in Arabic and Middle East Studies from the University of Exeter and an MA in Contemporary Art and Art Theory of Africa and Asia from SOAS, University of London, where she is currently a Guest Lecturer. Aimee spent time living in Egypt and Morocco and she continues to regularly travel to the region, writing for a number of local and international publications. Recently she was a contributing writer to the book African Artists, an expansive survey of 300 modern and contemporary artists who were born, or who have lived, in Africa (Phaidon, 2022).
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