About

En Liang Khong is an editor and writer based in London. His writing often explores the intersections of contemporary culture and politics. He is currently Deputy Saturday Arts Editor at The Telegraph. Previously, he was Director of Digital at the arts and culture publication ArtReview. He was formerly Senior Editor of frieze magazine, and prior to that, a journalist at the investigative human-rights platform openDemocracy. In 2023, he won the Observer/Anthony Burgess prize for arts journalism.

He is a regular critic for the Financial Times and Times Literary Supplement. His writing has also been published in the New Statesman, Prospect and the Daily Telegraph, and his essays have been included in several book collections and catalogues, including The Two-Sided Lake (Liverpool University Press, 2016). Recent lectures and panel discussions include events hosted by the British Council, FT Weekend and the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has served as a juror for the Aesthetica Art Prize and Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grants.

He took a first-class degree in Ancient and Modern History followed by a Master’s in Chinese Studies from the University of Oxford, where he was awarded the C.V. Wedgwood and Gibbs Prizes, and the Oldham Scholarship for study at the British School at Rome. Prior to that, he studied cello at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he was awarded the Hirsch Prize for chamber music performance. He is a former BBC Young Composer of the Year, with compositions premiered at the Proms and broadcast on Radio 3.