Josephine Dawn Ades,CBE, FBA (née Tylden-Pattenson; born 6 May 1943), known asDawn Ades, is a Britishart historian and academic. She isprofessor emeritus of art history and theory at theUniversity of Essex.^[1]

Ades was born on 6 May 1943 to A. E. Tylden-Pattenson.^[2][3] She studied atSt Hilda's College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1965.^[2] She then studied art history at theCourtauld Institute of Art, graduating with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1968.^[2][4]

Ades has spent the majority of her academic career working at theUniversity of Essex. She was a lecturer from 1971 to 1985, asenior lecturer from 1985 to 1988, and aReader from 1988 to 1989. She was appointedProfessor of Art History and Theory in 1989, and served as head of Department of Art History and Theory between 1989 and 1992.^[2] She has since been appointedprofessor emeritus.^[1] For the 2009/2010 academic year, she was theSlade Professor of the History of Art at theUniversity of Oxford:^[2] the lecture series she gave was titled "Surrealism and the avant-garde in Europe and the Americas".^[5]

Ades was atrustee of theTate Gallery from 1995 to 2005, of theNational Gallery from 1998 to 2005, and of theHenry Moore Foundation from 2003 to 2013.^[2] She was a member of the council of theBritish Academy from 1999 to 2002.^[6] Since 2008, she has held thehonorary title of Professor of the History of Art at theRoyal Academy of Arts.^[1][7]

In 1966, the then Dawn Tylden-Pattenson married the British poet and translatorTimothy Adès.^[2] Together they have three sons,^[2] one of whom is the composer, pianist and conductorThomas Adès.^[8]

In 1996, Ades was elected aFellow of the British Academy (FBA), the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.^[6] She gave the 1995 Aspects of Art Lecture.^[9][10] In the2002 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was appointed anOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) "for services to art history".^[11] In the2013 New Year Honours, she was promoted toCommander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) "for services to higher education and art history".^[12]

• Dada and surrealism reviewed. London: Arts Council of Great Britain. 1978.ISBN 978-0728701496.
• The 20th-century poster: design of the avant-garde. New York: Abbeville Press. 1984.ISBN 978-0896594333.
• Photomontage. London: Thames and Hudson. 1986.ISBN 978-0500202081.
• Art in Latin America: the modern era, 1820-1980. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1989.ISBN 978-0300045611. (withGuy Brett)
• Siron Franco - Figures and Likenesses: Paintings 1968-1995. Rio de Janeiro: Editora Index. 1995.ISBN 978-8570830463.
• Dalí's Optical Illusions. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000.ISBN 978-0300081770.
• Dalí: The centenary retrospective. London: Thames & Hudson. 2004.ISBN 978-0500093245.
• Undercover surrealism: Georges Bataille and Documents. London: MIT Press. 2006.ISBN 978-0262012300. (co-editor Simon Baker)
• The colour of my dreams: the Surrealist revolution in art. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery. 2011.ISBN 978-1895442878.
• Dalí/Duchamp. London: Royal Academy of Arts. 2017.ISBN 978-1910350478. (co-editor William Jeffett)

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