Marina Alandra Vaizey, Baroness Vaizey, ( Stansky; born 16 January 1938) is an Anglo-American

art critic An art critic is a person who is specialized in analyzing, interpreting, and evaluating art. Their written critiques or reviews contribute to art criticism and they are published in newspapers, magazines, books, exhibition brochures, and catalogue ...

, broadcaster, exhibition curator, author and journalist based in the UK. She was born in New York City, daughter of Lyman Stansky, a lawyer. She was educated at the

Brearley School The Brearley School is an American all-girls private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. It educates approximately 770 girls in grades K–12, with approximately 50 to 65 students per grade. In addition to being a member ...

Putney School The Putney School is an independent high school in Putney, Vermont. The school was founded in 1935 by Carmelita Hinton on the principles of the Progressive Education movement and the teachings of its principal exponent, John Dewey. It is a co-edu ...

Radcliffe College Radcliffe College was a Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that was founded in 1879. In 1999, it was fully incorporated into Harvard Colle ...

, and

Girton College, Cambridge Girton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was established in 1869 by Emily Davies and Barbara Bodichon as the first women's college at Cambridge. In 1948, it was granted full college status by the un ...

. She moved to Britain in 1959. In 1961, she married the economist John Vaizey, Lord Vaizey, who died in 1984. One of their sons is

Ed Vaizey Edward Henry Butler Vaizey, Baron Vaizey of Didcot, (born 5 June 1968) is a British politician, media columnist, political commentator and barrister who was Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries from 2010 to 2016. A mem ...

, Member of UK Parliament and columnist. She was formerly Art Critic for the ''

Financial Times The ''Financial Times'' (''FT'') is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic Current affairs (news format), current affairs. Based in London, the paper is owned by a Jap ...

'' and ''

Sunday Times ''The Sunday Times'' is a British Sunday newspaper whose circulation makes it the largest in Britain's quality press market category. It was founded in 1821 as ''The New Observer''. It is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of N ...

'' and editor of the '' Art Quarterly and Review''. She has written several books on art. She now lectures including at the

National Gallery The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current di ...

and

British Museum The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...

. She was a founding Trustee of both the

Geffrye Museum The Museum of the Home, formerly the Geffrye Museum, is a free museum in the 18th-century Grade I-listed former almshouses on Kingsland Road in Hoxton, London. The museum's change of name was announced in 2019. The museum explores home and home ...

and National Museums Liverpool and has also been a trustee of the

Imperial War Museum The Imperial War Museum (IWM), currently branded "Imperial War Museums", is a British national museum. It is headquartered in London, with five branches in England. Founded as the Imperial War Museum in 1917, it was intended to record the civ ...

and the

South Bank The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial area on the south bank of the River Thames, in the London Borough of Lambeth, central London, England. The South Bank is not formally defined, but is generally understood to be situated betwe ...

. She is a current trustee of ACE Foundation. She has also been a judge for the

Turner Prize The Turner Prize, named after the English painter J. M. W. Turner, is an annual prize presented to a British visual artist. Between 1991 and 2016, only artists under the age of 50 were eligible (this restriction was removed for the 2017 award). ...

. She was appointed

Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

(CBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

Works

* ''John Golding, Paintings and Drawings,''

Kettle's Yard Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England. The director of the art gallery is Andrew Nairne. Both the house and gallery reopened in February 2018 after an expansion of the facilities. History and overview Kettle's Yar ...

Gallery, Cambridge (1975). * ''The St. Michael’s Guide to Famous Paintings,''

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Ltd (1979) * ''

Andrew Wyeth Andrew Newell Wyeth ( ; July 12, 1917 – January 16, 2009) was an American visual artist and one of the best-known American artists of the middle 20th century. Though he considered himself to be an "abstractionist," Wyeth was primarily a realis ...

,''

Royal Academy of Arts The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House in Piccadilly London, England. Founded in 1768, it has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects. Its ...

(1980). * ''The Artist as a Photographer,'' Sidgwick and Jackson, Sep. (1982). * '' Peter Blake'' London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Chicago: Academy Publishers (1986). * ''Steve Buck,'' New Sculpture Observed, Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham (1990) * ''

Christo Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks a ...

'' (20th Century Artists Series), Rizzoli International Pub. (1990). * ''

Jørgen Haugen Sørensen Jørgen Haugen Sørensen (; 3 October 1934 – 18 November 2021) was one of Denmark's most eminent sculptors. He had his artistic debut at the acclaimed and prestigiouSpring Exhibition(''Forårsudstillingen'') at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhag ...

,'' Kunstbogklubben, Forlaget Søren Fogtdal, Copenhagen, 1994. * ''À La Rencontre De 100 Peintures Célèbres'' (French), Chantecler (1997), * ''Picasso’s Ladies, Jewelry by Wendy Ramshaw'' (co-authored with Paul Greenhaulgh and Eric Turner), Merrell Pub. Ltd (1998). * ''Art: The Critics’ Choice,'' Watson and Guptill (1999). * ''Sutton Taylor: A Lustrous Art'', UK, Hart Gallery (1999). * ''Great Women Collectors'' (co-authored with Charlotte Gere), UK: P. Wilson. USA: H. Abrams (1999). * ''Max Couper: The Plot,'' Booth-Clibborn Editions (2002). * ''Smile,'' British Museum Press (2002). * ''Colin Rose: Edge to Edge,'' Black Dog Publishing Ltd (2003). * ''Art - The Critics Choice: 150 Masterworks of Western Art Selected and Defined by the Experts,'' New Line Books (2005). * ''

Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. His early career as a painter was inf ...

, Mapping the Human,'' CV Publications (2012). * ''Figure to Ground: Five Painters,'' Cv Publications (2012). * ''

David Hockney David Hockney (born 9 July 1937) is an English Painting, painter, Drawing, draughtsman, Printmaking, printmaker, Scenic design, stage designer, and photographer. As an important contributor to the pop art movement of the 1960s, he is considere ...

and the Yorkshire Landscape'' (co-authored with James Cahill, Michael Lovell-Plank and edited by Nicholas James), CV Publications (2012). * ''Photography and Art: Documents and Dreams'' (co-authored with Anne Blood), CV Publishing (2013).

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