Dr James Finch is a curator and art historian specialising in British art of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He is currently Assistant Curator, Nineteenth Century British Art at Tate Britain, where he most recently curated Sargent and Fashion. Other exhibitions and displays of historic and modern British art at Tate that James has worked on include (as co-curator) The Rossettis and Turner’s Modern World.
Prior to joining Tate, James was Curatorial Assistant at the Royal Academy of Arts, and undertook a doctoral thesis (University of Kent/Tate) on the art criticism of David Sylvester. James has published widely, particularly in the field of post-war art and criticism, including essays on the criticism of Sylvester and John Berger, and artists including Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach.
James’ research interests include art writing and criticism, exhibition cultures, and printmaking. He is currently editing a book of David Sylvester’s writings.
