To fellow investigators and the curious learners,

Building on my last letter 'In the age of AI, it is Art History' and after attending compelling workshops on co-teaching with AI, I'm tempted to let available tools write this letter for me. These could, with the right prompts, mimic my 'old English' style, vocabulary and grammar, learnt from the proud teachers of what was once known as the King's English - or is it the Queen's? I'll have to google that. But then, who appreciates that speech? So, I'll write the way I write and leave it to you to 'humanise' or 'dehumanise' it to best suit your generation - whether you're a Baby Boomer, Millennial or Gen Z - assuming the Alphas and Omegas aren't into reading letters anyway.

We are living through a profound shift in the production, dissemination and evaluation of knowledge. In such an era, how do we write or teach Art History? The central challenge is clear: In an era when technology can summarise facts, what becomes central is not just knowledge but authority and agency. For decades, Art History was a........

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