Our first confirmed Keynote speaker is Dr. Alexandra Loske FSA, who is a writer and art historian, and is a the Curator of the Royal Pavilion. Alexandra is a specialist in the history of colour in art and design, and has written has written books about colour, including "Colour: A Visual History" (2019), "The Artist's Palette: The palettes behind the paintings of 50 great artists" (2025), "The Royal Pavilion, Brighton: A Regency Palace of Colour and Sensation" (2025), "Mary Gattside c. 1755-1810: Abstract Visions of Colour" (2024). 

Alexandra is a research associate at the University of Sussex's Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research and lectures for Sussex's Department of Art History. Alexandra has an M.A. in Linguistics and English Literature from Humboldt University M Berlin and an M.A. in Art History from the University of Sussex. She conducted her doctoral research at the Univerity of Sussex on the decorative scheme of the Royal Pavillion in the context of European colour theory from 1765-1845. In 2024 Alexandra was elected to the Board of Trustees of the Deutsches Farbenzentrum, and became a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.