Bill Hare was born in Edinburgh in 1944 and studied at the University of Edinburgh and the Courtauld Institute, University of London, in the 1970s. He has taught art history at the University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art and the Open University. In 1985 he was appointed Exhibition Organiser at Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, working with many Scottish and international artists.Since 1995 he has concentrated on teaching and freelance curating, focussing on Scottish art since 1945. He has curated a number of important exhibitions both in Scotland and abroad, and has published books and catalogues on a range of different aspects of historical, modern and contemporary Scottish art. He was previously the Curator of The University of Edinburgh’s Fine Art Collection and is currently an Honorary Fellow in Scottish art history at the University of Edinburgh.
