Toby Webster is a British art dealer, founder of the
Modern Institute in Glasgow.
Webster studied at the
Glasgow School of Art
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA; gd, Sgoil-ealain Ghlaschu) is a higher education art school based in Glasgow, Scotland, offering undergraduate degrees, post-graduate awards (both taught and research-led), and PhDs in architecture, fine art, and ...
, and was an artist himself before becoming an art dealer.
After graduating he served on the committee of
Transmission Gallery
Transmission Gallery is an artist-run space in Glasgow. It was established in 1983 by graduates of Glasgow School of Art. It primarily shows the work of young early career artists and is run by a changing voluntary committee of six people. Amon ...
.
In 2014, ''
The Guardian
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'' named him in their "Movers and makers: the most powerful people in the art world".
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References
Living people
British art dealers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art
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