Mary King

With a background in journalism, Mary King harnesses storytelling chops and editorial instinct to make people feel seen, engaged, and inspired.

Mary currently produce social media content for the National Gallery of Art, where she spends her time brainstorming, researching, strategizing, copy writing, getting lost in the National Gallery’s vast collections, and staring open-mouthed at the breathtaking works of art that she encounters each day.

Mary King will be speaking at the Museum Digital Summit 2025 :

Art Uncovered: Stopping the Scroll

“Brain rot.” “Anxiety” dances. An unhinged Duolingo owl. In today’s social media landscape, people consume up to 100 posts a day and scroll past most in under three seconds. So how can a museum get noticed, let alone connect people to art history? At the National Gallery, we launched Art Uncovered, a social series that distills complex histories into human stories that hit home. These are stories you might not have heard in school—about BIPOC, LGBTQ, and women artists who overcame incredible odds to create beauty, truth, and change. Art Uncovered proves that art history deep-dives can still stop the scroll.