James Birch (curator)

James Birch (curator)

James Birch is an English art dealer, curator and gallery owner. He is best known for his innovative championing of British art, in particular for exhibiting Francis Bacon in Moscow, in the then USSR, in 1988, and Gilbert & George in Moscow in 1990, and in Beijing and Shanghai in 1993.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Jonathan Cooper, "Bacon's extraordinary legacy," London Evening Standard, 7 March 2003".
  2. ^ "Andrew Solomon, "Their Irony, Humor (and Art) Can Save China," New York Times, 19 December 1993" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  3. ^ The Moscow Times, "New Bacon Exhibit to Come to Moscow in 2014", ' 'The Moscow Times' ', 28 August 2014