Paul Greenhalgh

Paul Greenhalgh (born 21 October 1955) is a writer, historian, curator of art and design. He is currently Director of the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, and Professor of Art and Museum Studies positions he has held since 2011.His outlook on art as a museum director, curator, and writer is simple: art belongs to everybody, and is present in all types of object that human beings make. The role of all academics and administrators involved in art is to make it available to everyone: de facto, as a human right. Art necessarily is about the disinterested pursuit of the very highest possible excellence.His career has been unusual in that he has worked in most art sectors, including Schools of Art and Design, Museums and Galleries, and large scale Universities. He was educated at Smithills Grammar School in Bolton, the University of Reading and the Courtauld Institute of Art in London.His posts have included teacher at the Royal College of Art; Head of Research at the V&A Museum in London (1994-2000); President of NSCAD University in Canada (2001-2006); President and Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art and Design, in Washington DC (2006-2010).He practiced as a professional painter for a short while at the beginning of his career, before steadily moving into being a writer, teacher, and curator. He has curated many exhibitions, written many books, and taught internationally.

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