Emily McDermott is a cultural producer, art writer, and editor living in Berlin. Her writing has been published by numerous magazines, including Frieze, ArtReview, Wallpaper*, New York Magazine’s Vulture, artnet News, Vice’s Garage, i-D, W Magazine and Elle.com, among others. Her writing has been translated into Japanese, Chinese, Czech and German.
She has worked on editing projects for institutions, companies and publications such as TASCHEN, Vitra, Art Basel, Liste, Design Hotels, Spike Art Magazine, David Chipperfield Architects, Mendes Wood DM, SAVVY Contemporary, and iwalewabooks and Iwalewahaus, University of Bayreuth, Germany. Other clients include the Design Hotels, the BMW Art Guide, Carbon 12 (Dubai), Drdova Gallery (Prague), Mic.com, and more. She was a Fulbright fellow in 2016–17 and was previously the digital art, music, and nightlife editor at Interview magazine in New York.
She co-authored the book To Her Credit: Historic Achievements – and the Women Who Actually Made Them Happen (2023). The book can be purchased in the US here. It’s available via Amazon worldwide.
Emily also moderates and contributes to conversations on physical stages and digital platforms. She produces Gallery Weekend Berlin’s “Art Talks” program at Neue Natioinalgalerie and moderated a series of 12 artist talks at Soho House Berlin, among others.
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