James Fox – art historian

James Fox (born February 1982) is a British art historian and broadcaster. Fox specialises in 20th-century art and is Director of Studies in History of Art at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Fox is best known for presenting documentaries on the history of art for BBC Four. He is a frequent media commentator on 20th-century and contemporary art.

Books in order of publication:

British Art and the First World War, 1914–1924 (2015) 

The Art of Jeffrey Rubinoff (2016) 

The World According To Colour: A Cultural History (2021) 

Craftland (2025)