Brian Sewell has since 1984 been the art critic of London's Evening Standard and one of its political columnists, winning national and international press awards in both spheres. A graduate of the Courtauld Institute, he has written exhibition catalogues for the Royal Academy, the British Council and the Council of Europe, and contributed to the catalogues of the Royal Collection. He worked for a decade at Christie's, the international art auctioneers, as an expert on old masters, and has been a consultant to museums and galleries in the USA, Germany, Switzerland and South Africa. He contributes to learned magazines and broadcasts on radio and television.
