Virginia Oldoini Rapallini, Countess of Castiglione, photographed by Pierre-Louis Pierson, c. 1863/66.

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Hello! I’m Sabina Stent, an art and culture historian, freelance writer (Magnum Photos, Indicator Series, Vinegar Syndrome, Radiance Film, AnOther Magazine, Dazed, etc.), speaker (Feminist Lecture Program/The London Drawing Group, Morbid Anatomy Museum, The Last Tuesday Society), and occasional film host (Midlands Arts Centre) specialising in women surrealist artists and film. We probably met on Twitter.

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I write about women surrealist artists & their influence on film and culture