James Cahill

James Cahill is a British art critic, academic, and author.

Early life Cahill was born in London. He earned a degree in Classics and English at Magdalen College, Oxford, followed by a master's degree in Contemporary Art from the Courtauld Institute. In 2017, he completed a PhD in Classics at Cambridge University. The Guardian called it "a bold debut of psychosexual awakening".

In April 2026, he was a guest on the Off the Shelf podcast .

Publications Flying Too Close to the Sun, Phaidon Press, 2018 The Classical Now, Elephant Publishing, 2018, with Michael Squire and Ruth Allen Tiepolo Blue, Sceptre, 2022 The Violet Hour, Sceptre, 2025 The Beverley Hills Housewife, Thames and Hudson, 2026