Alastair Sooke
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