Talk #13

Andrew Hunt

Michael Pinchbeck, Reader in Theatre, interviews Andrew Hunt, a curator and writer based in London and Manchester, and Professor of Fine Art and Curating in the Manchester School of Art. Between 2016 and 2017, he founded and directed the contemporary art festival Reading International. From 2008 to 2014, he was Director of Focal Point Gallery (FPG) in Southend-on-Sea. Since the early 2000s, he has worked on intimate solo exhibitions with significant international artists and designers on projects that range from minor printed ephemera to major publications, exhibition design and new branding for art institutions. In 2012 he was a member of the Turner Prize jury. He has contributed to magazines and journals such as Artforum, Art Monthly, The Burlington Magazine, Domus, frieze, Mousse Magazine, Picpus and TATE ETC., and is founding editor of the Slimvolume imprint, which has published editions and books.