The orgy as artform
Lily Ruby on the tangled embrace of transgressive pleasure in modern and contemporary art.
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Writer & researcher
Lily Ruby is a trends researcher and writer, with a particular interest in sex, fashion, beauty, and the senses. She holds an MPhil in History of Art from the University of Cambridge, where her research explored the relationship between surrealism, scent, and erotica.
She has lectured at Central Saint Martins and the Courtauld Institute of Art, and has written about sex, fetishism, death, and the future for publications including i-D, WIRED, HUNGER Magazine, and 1Granary.
Lily Ruby on the tangled embrace of transgressive pleasure in modern and contemporary art.