Sean Burns is an artist, editor and writer.
He is the director of the film Dorothy Towers and the co-founder of Queer Street Press, an independent publishing imprint.
He writes extensively on art and culture and sits on an advisory council at Tate. He has also been a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London, and Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford.
Tate Publishing recently released his book, Death, which explores the intertwined relationships between life, love and mortality in art.
In 2024, he received a residency and development grant from Montez Press. He lives in London and is an associate editor of frieze.
Press for Dorothy Towers
︎Arts of the Working Class
︎BBC News
︎BBC Radio
︎Filmwire
︎Frieze
︎Historic England
︎i-D
︎MAP
︎Recessed Space
︎Studio International
︎Text Zur Kunst
︎The Skinny (Harvey Dimond)
︎The Skinny (Maisie Wills)
︎Wallpaper