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This week, another in the series of interviews Duncan and Christian did at the Banff Centre while they were on art vacation, Jonathan Watkins!

Jonathan Watkins (born 1957) is an English curator, and is currently Director of the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham. Watkins emigrated to Australia with his family in 1969 and studied Philosophy and History of Art at the University of Sydney, where he later taught. He was curator of the Chisenhale Gallery in London during which period this relatively small local gallery became an internationally known centre of excellence – many of the Artists shown at that time later going on to major acclaim including a number of Turner Prize winners, Watkins later moved to the Serpentine Gallery from 1995 to 1997 and worked in a freelance capacity as curator of the Biennale of Sydney in 1998. Watkins now lives in Birmingham, England. He currently directs the Ikon Gallery, and recently unveiled plans for a new museum of modern art in Birmingham.
Jonathan Watkins
Ikon Gallery
Banff Centre
Chisenhale Gallery
Serpentine Gallery
Sydney Biennale
Hayward Gallery
Tate
Christian Kuras
Tom and Simon Bloor
Tatsumi Orimoto’s Breadman
Stay Away from Lonely Places
Fukuwoka Asian Art Museum
Santiago Sierra
Fiji
Giuseppe Penone
Carmen Herrera
Julian Opie
Ron Terada

Christopher Hudgens