Gabriella Nugent is an art historian and curator based in London. She specialises in global modern and contemporary art, with an interest in cross-cultural encounters, and themes of postcolonialism, globalisation and feminism. Her books include Colonial Legacies: Contemporary Lens-Based Art and the Democratic Republic of Congo (Leuven University Press, 2021) and Inji Efflatoun and the Mexican Muralists: Imaging Women and Work between Egypt and Mexico (Sharjah Art Foundation, 2022). Her current book project, Unmade: The Politics of Difference Between Continents, explores expectations of difference in global contemproary art.
Nugent was previously a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (2022–2025) at the University of East Anglia, following fellowships and awards from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (2021) and Sharjah Art Foundation (2020). She holds a PhD in History of Art from University College London. Her scholarly publications are featured in ARTMargins, Art History, Art Journal, African Arts, Oxford Art Journal, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art and MoMA’s post: notes on art in a global context. She also writes art criticism for Burlington Contemporary and Art Monthly. She has taught at University College London, the Slade School of Fine Art, SOAS and the University of East Anglia.