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Rob Sharp

Rob Sharp is a freelance writer based in London, UK. He is the former arts correspondent of The Independent and the Observer, and has written for The New York Times, the Guardian and Prospect.

Opinion
Why Do We Believe Psychological Turmoil Produces Better Art?

The psychoanalyst Karen Horney argued that neurosis killed productive artistic practice

BY Rob Sharp | 23 MAR 20
Opinion
A Divided Country, Resurgent Right and Rising Populism: How Stuart Hall Saw It Coming

In the age of Brexit, we need Cultural Studies more than ever, not least in its call to examine the complex, contradictory relationship between capitalism and democracy

BY Rob Sharp | 01 MAR 19
Features
The Master's Voice

Édouard Glissant’s play Monsieur Toussaint is translated into Creole at this year’s Ghetto Biennale, unpicking Haiti's national heroes

BY Rob Sharp | 05 DEC 17
Opinion
The Sharing Community

Are ‘collaborative exhibitions’ the future for galleries?

BY Rob Sharp | 10 OCT 17