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Alastair Sooke Biography

Birth Name:Alastair Sooke

Profession Writer

Fast Facts

  • Graduated from the University of Oxford with a degree in English Language and Literature and earned his Master's in Ancient Greek and Roman Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art
  • Best known as an art critic and broadcaster for the BBC whose specials include "Treasures of Ancient Rome" and "How the Devil Got His Horns․"
  • Is the deputy art critic for the newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which he joined as a trainee in 2003
  • Was the writer and presenter for the four-part modern art series "Modern Masters․"
  • Wrote a short book about Roy Lichtenstein for the Tate Modern museum in 2013 and the book "Henri Matisse: A Second Life" in 2014