Andrew Colin Nairne
OBE (born 10 February 1960), is director of
Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England. The director of the art gallery is Andrew Nairne. Both the house and gallery reopened in February 2018 after an expansion of the facilities.
Kettle's Yard galleries, shop and caf ...
, the
University of Cambridge
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’s modern and contemporary art gallery.
Life and career
Born in
Guildford, Nairne graduated with an art history MA from the
University of St Andrews
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in 1983. He was the Visual Arts Director at the
Scottish Arts Council
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and for eight years he was the exhibitions director at the
Centre for Contemporary Arts
The Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) is an arts centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The year-round programme includes exhibitions, film, music, literature, festivals, spoken word, Gaelic and performances. The Centre commissions new work from artists ...
in
Glasgow
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. He has also had a position at the
Ikon Gallery
The Ikon Gallery () is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It is housed in the Grade II listed, neo-gothic former Oozells Street Board School, designed by John Henry Chamberlain in 1877.
Ikon was se ...
in
Birmingham
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and was director of
Dundee Contemporary Arts
Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is an art centre in Dundee, Scotland, with two contemporary art galleries, a two-screen cinema, a print studio, a learning and public engagement programme, a shop and a café bar.
The director of DCA is Beth Bate ...
. His current role is director of
Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England. The director of the art gallery is Andrew Nairne. Both the house and gallery reopened in February 2018 after an expansion of the facilities.
Kettle's Yard galleries, shop and caf ...
in
Cambridge
Cambridge ( ) is a College town, university city and the county town in Cambridgeshire, England. It is located on the River Cam approximately north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of Cambridge was 145,700. Cam ...
Nairne is the former director of
Modern Art Oxford
Modern Art Oxford is an art gallery established in 1965 in Oxford, England. From 1965 to 2002, it was called The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford.
The gallery presents exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. It has a national and internationa ...
, a contemporary art gallery in
Oxford
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. He joined in 2001, when he renamed the gallery from the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. Nairne coordinated enhancements to the museum building, and gave MOMA's substantial library of art books and catalogues to
Oxford Brookes University. He shifted the focus to exhibitions of contemporary artists, who have included
Tracey Emin
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and
Stella Vine
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In 2001, she ...
.
From 1998 to 2003, Nairne was a board member of the
Pier Arts Centre in
Stromness,
Orkney. He was formerly chair of the
Visual Arts and Galleries Association (VAGA). He was also visiting fellow at
Nuffield College,
Oxford
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.
Nairne was formerly executive director of arts strategy at the
Arts Council England.
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He received the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Museums and to the Arts.
References
External links
South East Regional Arts Council members
Arts Council England
ACE Board
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Living people
People educated at Radley College
Alumni of the University of St Andrews
British curators
Fellows of Nuffield College, Oxford
People from Guildford
1960 births
Officers of the Order of the British Empire