Talk:Owen Hatherley Talk

As part of the events programme for Picture Post: A Twentieth Century Icon, we are delighted to welcome acclaimed writer and editor, Owen Hatherley, to talk about his latest book, The Alienation Effect (Penguin, 2025). 

The book is a history of Central European artists and intellectuals in Britain and their influence on public life between the 1930s and 1970s, including Picture Post’s founding editor, Stefan Lorant. 

The talk will take place in the photography gallery and will be followed by a book signing.

Owen Hatherley works as a freelance writer, most often for Architectural Review, Jacobin, the London Review of Books, Sidecar and Tribune. He is the author of several books on aesthetics and politics, including Militant Modernism (Zer0, 2009), A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain (Verso, 2010), Landscapes of Communism (Penguin, 2015), Red Metropolis (Repeater, 2020) and Modern Buildings in Britain – a Gazetteer (Penguin, 2022). 

Booking Information

• Please meet at the Ticketing Desk in the Main Hall.
• The panel discussion will be in the curator's first language which is English.