Andrew Graham-Dixon

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Andrew Michael Graham-Dixon (born 26 December 1960) is a British art historian, and broadcaster.

After attending Westminster School, Graham-Dixon read English at Oxford University, graduating in 1981, before pursuing doctoral studies at The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. He currently resides in London with his wife and three children.

Graham-Dixon began work as a reviewer for the weekly Sunday Correspondent, before being promoted to chief art critic of The Independent newspaper until 1998, and as of 2005 is the chief art critic of The Sunday Telegraph. Since 2004, he has also been a contributor to the BBC Two's The Culture Show on a variety of topics.

In 1994, Graham-Dixon won the first prize in the Reportage section in the Montreal World Film Festival for a documentary film about Théodore Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa. He has since gone on to present several BBC documentary series on art, including A History Of British Art (1996), Renaissance (1999), Caravaggio (2002)^[1] The Secret of Drawing (2005) ^[2], The Battle for British Art (2007) ^[3], The Art of Eternity (2007) ^[4], and The Art of Spain (2008).^[5]

He has also presented programmes on subjects other than art, such as I, Samurai (2006)^[6] and The Real Casino Royale for the BBC and 100% English (2006) for Channel 4.

[edit] Bibliography

• Howard Hodgkin (1994) Thames & Hudson ISBN 0-50027769-9 (pbk). Revised edition 2001 ISBN 0-50009298-2
• John Virtue: new paintings (1995) Arnolfini ISBN 0-90773841-9 ISBN-13: 978-0907738411
• Paper Museum: writings about painting, mostly (1996) HarperCollins ISBN 0-00255557-3 A collection of newspaper articles.
• A History Of British Art (1996) BBC ISBN 0-56337044-0
• Renaissance (1999) BBC ISBN 0-56338396-8
• In the Picture: The Year Through Art (2002) Allen Lane ISBN 0-71399675-7 ISBN-13: 978-0713996753 - a collection of articles in the Sunday Telegraph.
• The Sistine chapel (forthcoming - March 2008)^[7]
• Caravaggio (forthcoming - Summer 2008) ^[8]

[edit] References

1. ^ Review in the Daily Telegraph of the Caravaggio BBC TV series
2. ^ The Secret of Drawing: BBC FOUR webpage. Four episodes, broadcast on October 2005
3. ^ The Battle for British art: BBC FOUR webpage
4. ^ The Art of Eternity: BBC FOUR webpage. Three episodes, broadcast December 2007
5. ^ The Art of Spain: BBC Press Office.
6. ^ BBC TV website on I, Samurai
7. ^ Literary Agent's CV for A G-D -Date of publication from Amazon.co.uk
8. ^ Literary Agent's CV for A G-D