Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Is it time to rethink beauty and resist the expectations that are placed on us?

Join a conversation hosted by leading fashion and beauty journalist Funmi Fetto, alongside international artists and writers, about shifting beauty ideals.

Speakers include bestselling author, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri and artists Narcissister, Jennifer Ling Datchuk and Ebony Rose Dark.

We’ll be looking at the wider cultural, social and historical context, with speakers exploring their relationship to beauty in their creative practices.

There will be a chance to ask questions.

Following the event, Emma Dabiri will be signing copies of her new book ‘Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty‘, published to accompany ‘The Cult of Beauty‘ exhibition.

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