Alistair Hicks

Alistair Hicks
Hicks in 2016
Born	(1956-08-01) 1 August 1956 (age 68) London, England
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	University of St Andrews Emory University
Occupation(s)	Writer, curator
Known for	The Global Art Compass, Deutsche Bank
Website	facebook.com/art.compass.1/

Alistair Hicks (born 1 August 1956) is a writer and art curator. He was senior curator at Deutsche Bank for 20 years ^[1] and is an international curator.

Life and work

Education

Hicks was educated at Eton College, and subsequently at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, graduating in 1978 with an Art History MA. Hicks then continued to study at Emory University, Georgia, US to read Art and Business as a Robert T. Jones Scholar. ^[2]

Career

Hicks is the author of The Global Art Compass: New Directions in 21st Century Art, a survey of 21st century art. Hicks has curated several exhibitions, including Raymond Pettibon and Marko Maetamm at Kumu, Art Museum of Estonia ^[3] and of the Moscow Conceptualist Nikita Alexeev at Narrative Projects in London. ^[4] Hicks is author of several publications on contemporary art, including The School of London, ^[5] New British Art in the Saatchi Collection ^[6] and Art Works: Deutsche Bank Collection Group Head Office, Frankfurt. ^[7]

Hicks writes as a critic and commentator for The Financial Times , Apollo Magazine ^[8] and Frieze Magazine . He was a contributor to The Spectator , Vogue and The Times .

• Christie's Auction House, 1981–1982
• Antiques Across the World, editor, 1982–1985
• Antique, editor, 1985–1996
• Deutsche Bank, 1996–2016

Personal life

Hicks lives in London with his wife and has two daughters.

List of Publications

1989	The School of London, Phaidon Press
1989	New British Art in the Saatchi Collection, Thames & Hudson
1996	Contemporary Art at Deutsche Bank, London, Deutsche Bank
2000	Art Works British and German Contemporary Art: 1960–2000, Merrell Publishing and Deutsche Bank
2011	Art Works: Deutsche Bank Collection, Group Head Office Frankfurt, Hatje Kantz
2014	The Global Art Compass: New Directions in 21st Century Art, Thames & Hudson
2015	The Global Art Compass: New Directions in 21st Century Art, Turkish Edition, Yapi Kredi'

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 September 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
2. "Bobby Jones Alumni - Alumni and supporters - University of St Andrews". University of St Andrews.
3. "Home and Away. Raymond Pettibon: Living the American Dream. Marko Mäetamm: Feel at Home — Kumu Kunstimuuseum". Archived from the original on 2 August 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
4. "Landscapes in Three Languages".
5. The School of London, Phaidon Press, 1989
6. New British Art in the Saatchi Collection, Thames and Hudson, 1989
7. Art Works: Deutsche Bank Collection, Group Head Office Frankfurt, Hatje Kantz, 2011
8. "Why do corporations collect art – and what should they do with it?". Apollo Magazine. 28 July 2016.