List of alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art

The following is a list of alumni of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London:

• Pamela Askew, historian of Baroque art
• James Austin, fine-art and architectural photographer
• Reyner Banham, critic
• Emily Barr, writer
• Graham W. J. Beal, director, Detroit Institute of Arts (1999–2015)[1]
• John Béchervaise, writer
• Naomi Beckwith, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
• Olivier Berggruen, art historian and curator
• Ron Bloore, artist
• Alan Borg, director, Victoria and Albert Museum (1995–2001); director, Imperial War Museum (1982–95); keeper, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (1978–82)
• Eve Borsook
• Sir Alan Bowness, director, Henry Moore Foundation, (1988–94); director, Tate Gallery (1980–88)[2]
• Allan Braham
• Anita Brookner, novelist and art historian; winner of the 1984 Booker Prize^[1]
• Aviva Burnstock, conservator
• Martin Butlin, art historian
• Edie Campbell, model
• Thomas P. Campbell, former director, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2009–17)
• Edmund Capon, director, Art Gallery of New South Wales (1978–2011)
• Rafael Cardoso, Brazilian writer and art historian^[1]
• Nigel Carrington, vice-chancellor, University of the Arts London^[1]
• Charlie Casely-Hayford, fashion designer
• Noah Charney, art historian and novelist
• Bridget Cherry, architectural historian and series editor of the Pevsner Architectural Guides (1971–2002)
• Betty Churcher, director, National Gallery of Australia (1990–97)
• T. J. Clark, art historian^[1]
• Joshua Compston, curator
• Henry Conway, socialite
• Robin Cormack, classicist and Byzantine art historian^[1]
• Nicholas Cullinan, director, National Portrait Gallery, London (2015–)
• William J. R. Curtis, architectural historian
• Melvin Day, artist and art historian
• Jeremy Deller, artist; winner of the 2004 Turner Prize
• Anne d'Harnoncourt, director, Philadelphia Museum of Art (1982–2008)
• Emmanuel Di Donna, art dealer
• Kerry Downes, architectural historian
• Daisy Dunn, classicist, author, journalist and critic
• Nell Dunn, writer^[1]
• John Elderfield, chief curator of painting and sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York
• David Elliott, curator
• Lucy Ellmann, novelist^[1]
• Gabriele Finaldi, director, National Gallery (2015–)
• Jonathan Foyle, architectural historian
• David Franklin, director, Cleveland Museum of Art (2010–13)
• Stanisław Frenkiel, artist, art historian, head of Art, Institute of Education
• Tamar Garb, art historian^[1]
• Nicky Gavron, Deputy Mayor of London (2003–4 and 2008–12)
• Delia Gaze
• Roselee Goldberg, art historian and curator
• Cecil Gould, keeper, National Gallery (1973–1978)
• Andrew Graham-Dixon, critic^[1]
• Theo Green, film composer
• Paul Greenhalgh, director, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich (2010–); director, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2006–2010)
• Lavinia Greenlaw, poet and novelist^[1]
• William M. Griswold, director, Cleveland Museum of Art (2014–)
• Mark Hallett, director of studies, Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art^[1]
• Jenny Harper, director National Art Gallery, New Zealand (1990-1992), director Christchurch Art Gallery (2006–present)
• Rosemary Harris, children's book author^[1]
• Sumaya bint Hassan, Jordanian princess
• John Hayes, director, National Portrait Gallery (1974–94)
• Alice Instone, painter
• Michael Jaffé
• Lee Johnson (art historian)
• Nancy Johnson
• Sir Mark Jones, director, Victoria and Albert Museum (2001–11)^[1]
• Francis Robert Kelly
• Martin Kemp (art historian)
• Brian Kish
• Michael Kitson
• Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection Trust, former director, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge[3]
• Nicole Krauss, novelist^[1]
• Ellen Lanyon
• Narisa Levy of the royal family of Thailand
• Walter Liedtke
• Neil MacGregor, director, National Gallery (1987–2002), British Museum (2002–2015)
• Denis Mahon
• Carolyn Marino Malone
• Jonathan Mane-Wheoki, curator, author, museum professional
• Tim Marlow, critic^[1]
• Matthew McLendon, director, Fralin Museum of Art
• Lady Delia Millar, art historian
• Sir Oliver Millar, Surveyor of the Queen's Pictures
• Edward Morris (1940-2016), gallerist and art historian[4]
• Peter Murray (art historian)
• Helly Nahmad, London-based gallerist and art dealer
• George T. Noszlopy
• John Onians, art historian^[1]
• Rozsika Parker
• Lucy Peltz
• Nicholas Penny, director, National Gallery (2008–2015)
• Joachim Pissarro, art historian^[1]
• Amy Plum
• Griselda Pollock, art historian^[1]
• Elizabeth Prettejohn, art historian^[1]
• Vincent Price, actor
• Benedict Read
• Jane, Lady Roberts, former royal librarian, Windsor Castle^[1]
• Irit Rogoff, writer and curator^[1]
• Atticus Ross, film composer
• Aaron Scharf
• Sir Nicholas Serota, director, Tate (1988–present)
• Brian Sewell, critic^[1]
• Desmond Shawe-Taylor
• John Shearman, Renaissance art historian
• Amanda Simpson (née Tomlinson)
• Iain Sinclair, novelist^[1]
• Bernard Smith (art historian)
• David Solkin, dean and deputy director, Courtauld Institute of Art^[1]
• Alastair Sooke, art historian and journalist^[1]
• John Steer (art historian)
• Alexander Sturgis
• Ann Sumner
• John Russell Taylor, film critic and author^[1]
• Michael R. Taylor (museum director)
• Matthew Teitelbaum
• Simon Thurley, architectural historian, director of the Museum of London
• Roger Took
• Emily Tsingou
• Pamela Tudor-Craig
• Ernst Vegelin van Claerbergen, head of the Courtauld Gallery
• Jeff Wall, Canadian artist
• Giles Waterfield, novelist^[1]
• Alexandra Wedgwood
• Perdita Weeks
• Marian Wenzel
• David White (officer of arms)
• John White (art historian)
• Esmé Whittaker, curator at English Heritage
• Sarah Wilson (art historian)
• Joanna Woodall
• Joan Elizabeth Woollard
• Giles Worsley
• Nicolai Tangen, Norwegian hedge fund manager and philanthropist credited with holding the biggest private collection of modernist Nordic art in the world
• Imogen Poots, actress
• Noah Horowitz, art historian and Director Americas for Art Basel's show in Miami Beach since August 2015