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Meet these amazing thinkers who will help you to understand TOK, challenge your assumptions and about the world, and provide you with ideas to support exhibition commentary discussions.

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Woolf was a British writer and intellectual. She was one of the key modernist thinkers of the the 20th century, and also held strong opinions about religion.

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Wilde was an Irish playwright, poet and writer. The archetypal C19th wit, he also wrote widely on art, but was persecuted for his sexuality, and his anti-establishment outlook ensured his downfall.

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Shafak is a Turkish writer whose books draw on a whole range of different themes and cultures, but for which one thing is vital: the imaginative story. She is one of our knowledge heroes, helping us to explore the way the arts can be used to break through antagonistic perspectives.

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Riley is one of the most influential artists of the last 70 years. She is best known for her op art paintings. She is one of our knowledge heroes, and helps us to explore the nature and scope of the arts.

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Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, and theatre designer who was one of the most influential artists in history. He is one of our knowledge heroes, helping us to explore how the arts develop over time, and what prevents them from moving onwards.

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Matisse was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker. His new way of conceiving of reality helped to define the way the whole of the arts developed in the C20th, and he is regarded as one of the most important figures in the arts in the last 100 years.

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Miranda is an American actor, singer, composer, and playwright. He created and starred in several successful Broadway musicals, most notably, Hamilton. He is one of our knowledge heroes, helping us to explore how the arts help us to understand moral issues.

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Lynsky is a broadcaster and writer, who explores a range of subjects such as music, politics, literature, and film. His most recent work was a biography of George Orwell. He is one of our knowledge heroes, helping us to explore how the arts develop over time.

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L’Engle was an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Her works reflect her Christian faith and her interest in the sciences. She is one of our knowledge heroes, helping us to explore the nature of great art.

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Lawrence was an English writer and poet. His works explored issues such as sexuality, emotional lives, and the effects of industrialization. He is one of our knowledge heroes, helping us to explore the purpose of the arts, and their relationship with ethics.

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Kahlo was a Mexican painter, whose self-portraits are amongst the most evocative of sadness and loneliness of all works of modern art – giving her particular resonance in the age of Covid.

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At the age of 12, Glennie lost nearly all her hearing, but her passion and talent for music (as well as her determination) meant she was still able to enter the Royal College of Music in London, changing the way admissions were handled for people with disabilities.

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Dutton worked as a philosopher at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, and was the editor of Arts and Letters Daily. He believed that far from it being dictated by culture, our aesthetic sense is innate, and has evolved over the course of time as a result of Darwinian adaptation.

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Ai is a Chinese artist, photographer, architect, and activist. His work deals with political and social issues. He is one of our knowledge heroes, helping us to explore whether to be an artist you have to deal with moral themes in your work.