Andrew Renton

British curator and academic

Prof.
Andrew Renton
BA PhD
Portrait photograph
Andrew Renton in April 2018
Born1963 (age 62–63)
OccupationProfessor
Board member ofThe Drawing Room
The Showroom
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
University of Reading
Academic work
Era20th–21st century
DisciplineArt
Sub-disciplineCuration
InstitutionsSlade School of Art
Goldsmiths, University of London
Marlborough Contemporary Gallery
Notable studentsInigo Philbrick[1]
Main interestsBritish art
Notable worksTechnique Anglaise: Current Trends in British Art (1991)
Websitegold.ac.uk

Andrew Renton (born 1963) is an art curator and Professor of Curating at Goldsmiths, University of London.[2]

In 1984, Renton received a BA degree from the University of Nottingham, and in 1989, he received a PhD degree from the University of Reading.[3]

Renton previously contributed a weekly column on art in the Evening Standard newsletter.[3] He was the Slade Curator at the Slade School of Art before joining Goldsmiths. In 2003 at Goldsmiths, he took over running the Curating programme and redesigned it as an MFA programme. He also established a related practice-based PhD degree programme.

In 2006, Renton was a jury member for the Turner Prize.[4] Until 2011, Renton was the adviser and curator for the Salem family's Cranford Collection.[5][6]

In 2012, Renton became the founding Director of the Marlborough Contemporary Gallery in London, at the invitation of Gilbert Lloyd.[7][8] He has curated around 30 exhibitions there.[3]

Renton is a board member and trustee for several arts organisations, including The Drawing Room and The Showroom.[3] He advises the UK Government Art Collection, among other institutions.

Selected publications

  • Technique Anglaise: Current Trends in British Art. Thames & Hudson, London, 1991. ISBN 0500973962 (edited with Liam Gillick)

References

  1. ^ "Inigo Philbrick pulled off history's greatest art fraud – now he's back". The Times. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  2. ^ "Andrew Renton". Frieze. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d "Professor Andrew Renton". UK: Goldsmiths, University of London. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  4. ^ Barber, Lynn (1 October 2006). "Turner prize 2006: How I suffered for art's sake". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "Muriel & Freddie Salem". ArtReview. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  6. ^ "Anne Pontegnie | What we do – Exhibition Making, Art Criticism & Consultancy". apoffice.be. Belgium. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  7. ^ Adams, Tim (14 October 2012). "Marlborough Fine Art tries to throw off burden of the Rothko scandal". The Guardian.
  8. ^ Punj, Rajesh (29 August 2014). "We met Andrew Renton, leading light of the contemporary art scene in London and influential internationally". Art, Talks and Academy. Archive.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
  • Goldsmiths home page
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