Editor-in-chief of Art Agenda and co-founder of The White Review, Ben Eastham’s writing is pensive and exploratory. Lovingly analysing the swirl of a marble sculpture, the flair of a brushstroke or the particular poise of a camera’s lens, Ben has authored catalogue essays for artists including Ed Ruscha, Camille Henrot, Kati Heck and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian. In the wonderfully titled The Imaginary Museum: A Personal Tour of Contemporary Art featuring Ghosts, Nudity and Disagreements, he narrates a visit to a fantasy art institution. Punctuated by conversations with security guards, curators and fellow visitors, the book proposes that a truly transformative interaction with art arises from immersion, empathy and subjectivity. As an avid and devoted reader, he penned a luminary ‘Extra Reading’ feature for Extra Extra no. 19, compiling a list of erotic coming-of-age novels.