Liese van der Watt
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Liese van der Watt
Liese van der Watt is an independent art historian based in London. Her doctoral research focused on whiteness in post-apartheid visual culture, and current writing continues this interest in race, identity and representation in contemporary African and especially South African art. Until 2007 she was a senior lecturer in the Department of Historical Studies at the University of Cape Town where she taught Art History and Visual Culture.