About.

Cult was founded in London in 2019. Its mission is to create a community of young adults with an interest in the visual arts.

Seeking to dispel the assumption that art is reserved only for specialists and academics, Cult presents works of art as objects to be looked at, reacted to and discussed. By starting with the most basic principles of material, colour and form, it hopes to bring young people together to engage with works of art in an accessible way.

In addition to educational online content, Cult organises monthly gatherings in museums and galleries in London and New York. In these sessions we explore one painting in detail, allowing us to connect with art and people in new ways.

Cult is free and open to anyone from any professional background. All ages are welcome.

Lucy Chiswell is an art historian living in London and New York.

After completing a degree in Ancient History, Lucy moved to Rome to live and work. Returning to London, she worked for the art journal Apollo, before doing an MA in History of Art at the Courtauld Institute. In 2015, Lucy joined the Royal Academy of Arts, where she worked as Curatorial Assistant on In the Age of Giorgione (2016), Abstract Expressionism (2016), America After the Fall: Painting in the 1930s (2017), Matisse in the Studio (2017), and as Assistant Curator on Charles I: King and Collector (2018), Renzo Piano: The Art of Making Buildings (2018), The Renaissance Nude (2019) and Antony Gormley (2019). In 2019, Lucy took up a two-year post as the Dorset Curatorial Fellow at the National Gallery, where she specialised in European paintings 1600–1800 and worked on exhibitions Artemisia (2020) and Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited (2021).

She is currently doing a PhD on girl power in 17th-century England.