Toby Webster is a British art dealer, founder of the Modern Institute in Glasgow. [1]
Webster studied at the Glasgow School of Art, and was an artist himself before becoming an art dealer. [2] After graduating he served on the committee of Transmission Gallery. [3]
In 2014, The Guardian named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world". [2]
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Events from the year 1928 in Scotland.
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