page_title: Iwona Blazwick
hierarchical_section_title: Iwona Blazwick
caption_attribution_description: English: Embassy Talk: Thomas Ruff in conversation with Iwona Blazwick
context_page_description: Iwona Maria Blazwick OBE is a British art critic and lecturer, and has been Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London since 2001. She discovered Damien Hirst and staged his first solo show at a public London art gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1992. She supports the careers of young artists. Blazwick is said to be one of the most important woman in British art and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to art in 2008. She is married to Canadian philosopher and fine art lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London, Richard Noble.
context_section_description: Iwona Maria Blazwick OBE (born 14 October 1955) is a British art critic and lecturer, and has been Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London since 2001. She discovered Damien Hirst and staged his first solo show at a public London art gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1992. She supports the careers of young artists. Blazwick is said to be one of the most important woman in British art and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to art in 2008. She is married to Canadian philosopher and fine art lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London, Richard Noble.
caption: Iwona Blazwick at German Embassy in London in 2017
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