Cora - Art history tutor - London
Cora - Art history tutor - London

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Cora will be happy to arrange your first Art history lesson.

Cora

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Cora will be happy to arrange your first Art history lesson.

  • Rate $177
  • Response 9h
  • Students

    Number of students Cora has taught since their arrival at Superprof

    50+

    Number of students Cora has taught since their arrival at Superprof

Cora - Art history tutor - London
  • 5 (26 reviews)

$177/h

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  • Art history

Experienced and Enthusiastic History of Art Tutor: UCL PhD Researcher with a First Class BA from Cambridge and MA from the Courtauld

  • Art history

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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Cora will be happy to arrange your first Art history lesson.

About Cora

I am studying for a PhD in History of Art at UCL and was a 2023 Visiting Scholar at Yale University. Prior to this, I graduated from the Courtauld Institute of Art with a Distinction in MA History of Art (2020) and hold a First-Class BA in History of Art from the University of Cambridge (2018). I was amongst the highest-ranked students in my cohort at both Cambridge and the Courtauld.

I combine an outstanding academic background in History of Art with extensive tutoring experience. My deep enthusiasm for History of Art and passion for communicating the subject unite my academic work and private tutoring practice. My style of tutoring centres around structured and engaging lessons that build students love of their subject and confidence alongside boosting their grades. As such, my lessons are well-structured, informative and engaging. My lessons all involve open-ended questions and, like supervisions at Cambridge, develop through dialogue. I am committed to tutoring and have a valid, Enhanced DBS.

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  • Middle School
  • Sophomore
  • Senior
  • +4
  • levels :

    Middle School

    Sophomore

    Senior

    Advanced Technical Certificate

    Adult Education

    Masters

    Doctorate

  • English

All languages in which the lesson is available :

English

I am a specialist History of Art tutor and I tutor across all periods and themes within the subject. A focus of my tutoring has been working with students taking History of Art A-Level and Pre-U. I have developed specialist resources for this qualification. I also have extensive tutoring experience working with university students to develop their academic writing and assisting with coursework and dissertations. I have tutored History of Art to students on BA and MA courses at universities including: Oxford, Leeds, Manchester, Bristol, Exeter, Edinburgh, St Andrews, Trinity College Dublin, The Courtauld Institute of Art and Birmingham. I have extensive experience working with students on all aspects of their applications to Oxford and Cambridge and UCAS personal statements.

In addition, I teach across humanities disciplines including English and History.

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  • $177

Pack rates

  • 5h: $886
  • 10h: $1,772

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  • $177/h

Find out more about Cora

Find out more about Cora

  • When did you develop an interest in your chosen field and in private tutoring?

    I developed an interest in art history at school. I have a strong fine art background, and taking Art History A Level made me engage with art on a more intellectual level. Studying art history at Cambridge and the Courtauld deepened that interest further, and I’m now completing a PhD in History of Art.

    I became interested in private tutoring because it gave me a way to develop my own communication skills while helping students unlock their potential. I love teaching and sharing knowledge, and private tutoring lets me do that in an individualised, student-focused setting.
  • Tell us more about the subject you teach, the topics you like to discuss with students (and possibly those you like a little less).

    I teach art history across all periods and themes, from A Level to university level. I enjoy the range the subject offers—whether we’re looking at the Renaissance, modern movements, or contemporary art.nd I find it especially rewarding to help students understand connections between different periods, artists, and ideas.

    Some topics can feel intimidating at first, particularly when students meet unfamiliar theory or a lot of historical context. I enjoy making those areas feel manageable, and showing students how quickly confidence grows once the foundations are in place. One thing I love about tutoring is shaping sessions around each student, what they need, how they learn best, and what motivates them.
  • Did you have any role models; a teacher that inspired you?

    I was lucky to have two very enthusiastic art history teachers at school who really inspired me. They were incredibly supportive and encouraged me to push myself. Their belief in me made everything feel possible, and their enthusiasm for the subject was contagious. I’m grateful for their influence, as they gave me the confidence to pursue art history and aim for bigger goals.
  • What do you think are the qualities required to be a good tutor?

    For me, the essentials are strong subject knowledge, genuine enthusiasm, and the ability to adapt to a student’s needs. Listening matters just as much as explaining. I also think sessions work best when they feel enjoyable as well as rigorous, with a clear structure and lots of dialogue, students learn fastest when they feel involved rather than “talked at”.
  • Provide a valuable anecdote related to your subject or your days at school.

    At school, I created an eight-foot abstract painting inspired by women abstract painters. It was a transformative experience: it made me think deeply about how ideas are communicated, both visually and verbally. That project changed the way I approached art, and it shaped the way I teach now. I often help students practise putting visual observations into words—moving from description to interpretation, and then to a convincing argument.
  • What were the difficulties or challenges you faced or still facing in your subject?

    I have dyspraxia, which has posed challenges with essay planning, writing, spelling, and revision at different points. Over time, I developed practical strategies for planning, drafting, and revising that have enabled me to work confidentlythrough undergraduate study, postgraduate work, and now my PhD.

    I also have experience tutoring students with learning differences, and many have benefited from using the approaches I’ve developed in my own work. Thinking carefully about writing as a process has made me a particularly strong tutor for essay skills and exam technique.
  • Do you have a particular passion? Is it teaching in general or an element of the subject or something completely different?

    I’m an art historian, and my intellectual passion is abstract painting and printmaking by women artists, especially from the 1960s to the present. More broadly, I’m interested in American and British abstract art - and I love helping students build confidence in visual analysis and academic writing.
  • What makes you a Superprof (besides answering these interview questions :-P)?

    I combine a strong academic background (including PhD-level research), extensive experience in private tutoring, and a deep passion for the subject. I make sessions well-structured, engaging, and genuinely supportive, so students feel comfortable asking questions and stretching themselves. I focus on both content and skills - visual analysis, essay structure, argument, and exam technique - so students make progress quickly and sustainably.
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