Kate Bryan (born 11 March 1982) is a British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster. In 2016, she became head of collections for Soho House globally. She presents the Sky Arts Series Inside Arts which began in 2019.[1] She wrote and presented the art television series Galleries on Demand, which aired every week in 2016 on Sky Arts. She is a judge on the Sky Arts television series Artist of the Year, presented by Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell.[2][3]
Bryan has been a contributor to the arts television programme The Culture Show on BBC Two,[4]Newsnight on BBC Two[5] and in 2013 presented an hour-long special for The Culture Show on The Art of Chinese Painting.[6] In 2016, she was a presenter of the Sky Arts documentary The Mystery of the Lost Caravaggio, which aired in Italy as Operazione Caravaggio.[7][8] She also contributed to Dante's Inferno,[9]Raphael and Beauty and Artemisia Gentileschi: Painting to Survive on Sky Arts. In 2018, she presented an hour-long live broadcast from Tate Modern on the Picasso 1932 exhibition, also on Sky Arts. In 2019 she presented a follow-up as live programme from Tate Britain, Van Gogh and Britain for Sky Arts.
Bryan grew up in Bracknell, Berkshire,[10] and attended a state comprehensive school.[11] Having come from a modest background, she says she hates the elitism which sometimes makes art feel daunting. She earned her BA from Warwick University in 2003 and her MPhil from Hong Kong University in 2010. Her thesis subject was images of the Penitent Magdalene in Italian Renaissance Art. In 2014, she won the Arts and Culture category of the Women of the Future Awards. She is a mentor for young women in the arts.[12]
She is married, and has a daughter, Juno Bobby Bryan, born on 4 July 2019.
Career
Bryan started her career at The British Museum and in 2006 worked on the Michelangelo Drawings exhibition.[13] She lived in Hong Kong from 2007-2011 and was gallery director of The Cat Street Gallery. She was a contributing editor for Asian Art News and contributed art-related articles to the South China Morning Post, Time Out[14] London and The Guardian.[15] She has worked as an expert guide for Art History Abroad and Art History UK.
Bryan has worked in the commercial art world as an art dealer in Hong Kong and London. She was fair director of a global art fair in London, Art15.[16][17] She was a director of the art dealership Fine Art Society on New Bond Street in London between 2011-2015.[18] She directed the Contemporary exhibition programme. Notable exhibitions include What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me in 2014, which marked 100 years since Marcel Duchamp created the readymade;[19][20]Chris Levine'sLight 3.142 in 2013; Rob and Nick Carter's Transforming, including a display for the artistic duo at The Frick Collection in New York City;[21] and an exhibition in 2012 entitled Things I Love at the Fine Art Society in which she invited the British pop artist Peter Blake to select his favourite works from the gallery vaults.[22]
Since 2016, Bryan has curated the global art collection for Soho House, comprising over 5000 artworks on permanent display across eight countries. In April 2016, she curated the Vault 100 art collection for The Ned London. The collection highlighted gender disparity in finance and the art world; Bryan acquired the work of 93 women and seven men, reversing the FTSE 100 CEO gender ratio.[23][24]
In October 2018, Bryan curated Not 30% at The Other Art Fair London, presenting the work of 30 female artists in a separate space as part protest, part exhibition.[25][26][27]
Writing
In September 2021 Bryan published Bright Stars profiling great artists that died too young. In June 2019, Quarto Press published The Art of Love by Bryan, which profiles 35 artist couples over 140 years. She coauthored A Little Book of Portraits, released in conjunction with the Sky Arts series Artist of the Year, and has written essays for several published exhibition catalogues, including those for Belinda Fox and Sir Peter Blake.[28]
Works
Bryan, Kate. Resistance: Subverting the Camera : Steven Pippin, Rob & Nick Carter, Janet Laurence, Adam Fuss, Idris Khan, Edgar Lissel, Christopher Bucklow, Stephen Sack. London: The Fine Art Society Contemporary, 2012. ISBN9781907052125
Schierenberg, Tai S. A Little Book of Portraits: Beyond the Canvas. Quadrille Publishing, 2014. With commentary by judges Tai Shan Schierenberg, Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan. ISBN978-1849495769
^"Mentorship scheme launched for women in the arts". TheGuardian.com. 27 April 2016.
^"Michelangelo, the Underground poet" (Press release). Transport for London.
^"The 100 best paintings: contributors' lists – London art – Time Out Art". Time Out London. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^Jones, Jonathan; Bryan, Kate (21 February 2015). "Fewer Brits are visiting our top galleries – should we be worried?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^. Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
^Adam, Georgina (21 November 2014). "Pole position in Mayfair". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^"KEE Magazine March 2013". Issuu. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^Holly Williams (4 October 2014). "Artists to pay respects to the revolutionary Marcel Duchamp in new". The Independent.
^Mark Brown (9 October 2014). "Marcel Duchamp: exhibition to celebrate father of conceptual art". The Guardian.
^"Kate Bryan speaking about Rob & Nick Carter's 'Transforming Still Life Painting,' 2012".
^"Peter Blake: Things I Love at the Fine Art Society". Time Out London.
^"Meet The Women Artists of Soho House". Harper's Bazaar. 10 September 2018.
^"Lorenzo Belenguer interviews arts presenter and curator Kate Bryan". FAD Magazine. 5 July 2017.
^Baker, Harriet (28 September 2018). "Not 30%: London's all-female art fair". Financial Times.
^"Dreams to doodlebombs – contemporary female artists at the Not 30% fair". The Guardian. 4 October 2018.
^"Meet the woman tackling the art world's shocking lack of gender diversity". Stylist. 24 September 2018.
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Kate Bryan news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2016 Learn how and when to remove this template message Kate Bryan born 11 March 1982 is a British art historian curator and arts broadcaster In 2016 she became head of collections for Soho House globally She presents the Sky Arts Series Inside Arts which began in 2019 1 She wrote and presented the art television series Galleries on Demand which aired every week in 2016 on Sky Arts She is a judge on the Sky Arts television series Artist of the Year presented by Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell 2 3 Bryan has been a contributor to the arts television programme The Culture Show on BBC Two 4 Newsnight on BBC Two 5 and in 2013 presented an hour long special for The Culture Show on The Art of Chinese Painting 6 In 2016 she was a presenter of the Sky Arts documentary The Mystery of the Lost Caravaggio which aired in Italy as Operazione Caravaggio 7 8 She also contributed to Dante s Inferno 9 Raphael and Beauty and Artemisia Gentileschi Painting to Survive on Sky Arts In 2018 she presented an hour long live broadcast from Tate Modern on the Picasso 1932 exhibition also on Sky Arts In 2019 she presented a follow up as live programme from Tate Britain Van Gogh and Britain for Sky Arts Contents 1 Family and education 2 Career 3 Writing 4 Works 5 References 6 External linksFamily and education EditBryan grew up in Bracknell Berkshire 10 and attended a state comprehensive school 11 Having come from a modest background she says she hates the elitism which sometimes makes art feel daunting She earned her BA from Warwick University in 2003 and her MPhil from Hong Kong University in 2010 Her thesis subject was images of the Penitent Magdalene in Italian Renaissance Art In 2014 she won the Arts and Culture category of the Women of the Future Awards She is a mentor for young women in the arts 12 She is married and has a daughter Juno Bobby Bryan born on 4 July 2019 Career EditBryan started her career at The British Museum and in 2006 worked on the Michelangelo Drawings exhibition 13 She lived in Hong Kong from 2007 2011 and was gallery director of The Cat Street Gallery She was a contributing editor for Asian Art News and contributed art related articles to the South China Morning Post Time Out 14 London and The Guardian 15 She has worked as an expert guide for Art History Abroad and Art History UK Bryan has worked in the commercial art world as an art dealer in Hong Kong and London She was fair director of a global art fair in London Art15 16 17 She was a director of the art dealership Fine Art Society on New Bond Street in London between 2011 2015 18 She directed the Contemporary exhibition programme Notable exhibitions include What Marcel Duchamp Taught Me in 2014 which marked 100 years since Marcel Duchamp created the readymade 19 20 Chris Levine s Light 3 142 in 2013 Rob and Nick Carter s Transforming including a display for the artistic duo at The Frick Collection in New York City 21 and an exhibition in 2012 entitled Things I Love at the Fine Art Society in which she invited the British pop artist Peter Blake to select his favourite works from the gallery vaults 22 Since 2016 Bryan has curated the global art collection for Soho House comprising over 5000 artworks on permanent display across eight countries In April 2016 she curated the Vault 100 art collection for The Ned London The collection highlighted gender disparity in finance and the art world Bryan acquired the work of 93 women and seven men reversing the FTSE 100 CEO gender ratio 23 24 In October 2018 Bryan curated Not 30 at The Other Art Fair London presenting the work of 30 female artists in a separate space as part protest part exhibition 25 26 27 Writing EditIn September 2021 Bryan published Bright Stars profiling great artists that died too young In June 2019 Quarto Press published The Art of Love by Bryan which profiles 35 artist couples over 140 years She coauthored A Little Book of Portraits released in conjunction with the Sky Arts series Artist of the Year and has written essays for several published exhibition catalogues including those for Belinda Fox and Sir Peter Blake 28 Works EditBryan Kate Resistance Subverting the Camera Steven Pippin Rob amp Nick Carter Janet Laurence Adam Fuss Idris Khan Edgar Lissel Christopher Bucklow Stephen Sack London The Fine Art Society Contemporary 2012 ISBN 9781907052125 Schierenberg Tai S A Little Book of Portraits Beyond the Canvas Quadrille Publishing 2014 With commentary by judges Tai Shan Schierenberg Kathleen Soriano and Kate Bryan ISBN 978 1849495769References Edit Inside Arts Season 0 Episode 1 Sky com Sky Arts Artist of the Year Sky Arts Ellen E Jones 6 November 2013 TV Review Portrait Artist of the Year Sky Arts 1 The Independent BBC Two The Culture Show Royal Academy Summer Exhibition A Culture Show Special RA vaults BBC quotes scluzay com Retrieved 20 March 2016 BBC Two the Culture Show 2013 2014 the Art of Chinese Painting Il mistero di Caravaggio Sky Arte Sky Palermo Operazione Caravaggio l opera trafugata torna a splendere Corriere della Sera in Italian 9 December 2015 Retrieved 20 March 2016 Hoyle Martin 16 September 2016 Dante and the Invention of Hell and Cassanova Undressed Sky Arts Financial Times 5 Minutes with Kate Bryan 31 July 2020 About Kate Bryan All About Art Mentorship scheme launched for women in the arts TheGuardian com 27 April 2016 Michelangelo the Underground poet Press release Transport for London The 100 best paintings contributors lists London art Time Out Art Time Out London Retrieved 20 March 2016 Jones Jonathan Bryan Kate 21 February 2015 Fewer Brits are visiting our top galleries should we be worried The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 20 March 2016 Fair play directing Art15 Telegraph co uk Archived from the original on 19 April 2015 Adam Georgina 21 November 2014 Pole position in Mayfair Financial Times ISSN 0307 1766 Retrieved 20 March 2016 KEE Magazine March 2013 Issuu Retrieved 20 March 2016 Holly Williams 4 October 2014 Artists to pay respects to the revolutionary Marcel Duchamp in new The Independent Mark Brown 9 October 2014 Marcel Duchamp exhibition to celebrate father of conceptual art The Guardian Kate Bryan speaking about Rob amp Nick Carter s Transforming Still Life Painting 2012 Peter Blake Things I Love at the Fine Art Society Time Out London Meet The Women Artists of Soho House Harper s Bazaar 10 September 2018 Lorenzo Belenguer interviews arts presenter and curator Kate Bryan FAD Magazine 5 July 2017 Baker Harriet 28 September 2018 Not 30 London s all female art fair Financial Times Dreams to doodlebombs contemporary female artists at the Not 30 fair The Guardian 4 October 2018 Meet the woman tackling the art world s shocking lack of gender diversity Stylist 24 September 2018 The Cat Street Gallery Peter Blake Issuu External links EditKate Bryan Website 1 Home katebryanart com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kate Bryan amp oldid 1122632473, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
