Will Atkin is an Art Historian specialising in nineteenth and twentieth century European art history. His research has focused on discourses of magic and occultism and the legacies of Romanticism in the twentieth century, as matters that underpin the art and writing of the Surrealist Movement. He is the author of several publications on aspects of the history of the Surrealist Movement, including the book Surrealist Sorcery: Objects, Theories and Practices of Magic in the Surrealist Movement (Bloomsbury, 2023). He received his PhD from The Courtauld Institute of Art in 2017, and was previously awarded his BA and MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art. He held a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the University of Nottingham 2020–2023, and is now an Associate Lecturer at The Courtauld Institute of Art.