Angus Trumble – The Finger

Angus Trumble, Senior Curator of Paintings for the Yale Centre for British Art, provides some pointers
on the finger, in a collision between art and science, history and pop culture. From Guernica to the Sistine Chapel, Trumble offers a witty and perverse look at matters digital.
In conversation with David Hansen
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Angus Trumble is the author of The Finger: A Handbook and Brief History of the Smile. Angus Trumble is the youngest of four brothers and was born and raised in Victoria. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne, and of New York University’s Institute of Fine Arts, where he was a Fulbright S... Read more

David Hansen has worked as a regional gallery director, a State museum curator and an art auction house researcher and specialist; in 2014 he was appointed Associate Professor at the Centre for Art History and Art Theory at the Australian National University. With over 35 years’ experience in the... Read more
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