Tim Marlow

Tim Marlow

OBE
Tim Marlow; OBE
	Marlow in 2011
Born	1962 (age 61–62); Derbyshire, UK
Education	Denstone College; Courtauld Institute

Timothy John Marlow OBE (born 1962) is a British writer, broadcaster and art historian who is the Director and Chief Executive of the Design Museum,^[1] London. Prior to this role, he was the Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He has lectured on art and culture in over 40 countries.

He has written and presented over 100 documentaries for radio and television. Before moving to the Royal Academy, he was the Director of Exhibitions at White Cube for over ten years. In 2019, he was appointed as the new chief executive and director of London's Design Museum.^[2]

Early life and education

Marlow was born in Long Eaton in Derbyshire, England and grew up in Chesterfield.^[3] Marlow is a fan of football side Chelsea FC,^[4] regularly attending matches at Stamford Bridge with his son, a nephew or brother.^[5] He was educated at Denstone College, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational), in the village of Denstone in Staffordshire in central England and at the Courtauld Institute of Art, from which he gained a Master's degree.^[6]

Career

Marlow has presented numerous art programmes on UK television including studies of J. M. W. Turner for the BBC, Great Art for ITV (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), Great Artists with Tim Marlow (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), The Nude in Art with Tim Marlow (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), living artists, The Impressionists with Tim Marlow (Seventh Art Productions, Phil Grabsky), the Tate Modern, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, Raphael, etc. He has written about art and culture for The Times, The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, Arena, Art Monthly, Blueprint and many other newspapers and periodicals.^[7] In 1993, he founded Tate: The Art Magazine.^[7] From 1991 to 1998, he presented BBC Radio 4's arts programme Kaleidoscope, for which he won a Sony Award.^[7] Marlow also presented the weekly BBC World Service cultural discussion programme Culture Shock from 2002-2008.^[8]

From 2014 until 2019, Marlow served as the Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.^[7] Following a staffing shake-up in 2014, he also oversaw the RA's Collections, Learning, Publishing and Architecture departments.^[1] During his time at the RA, he was a central figure in preparations for events accompanying its 250th anniversary celebrations, coinciding with the completion of a major building project to expand the institution's exhibition spaces and link its two historic buildings.^[9]

His books and monographs include studies of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, the Austrian expressionist painter Egon Schiele and a survey of great artists published by Faber and Faber.^[7] He is visiting lecturer at Winchester School of Art. He is an examiner on the Sculpture MA and former creative director of sculpture at Goodwood.^[10]

Marlow was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to the arts.^[11]

Publications

Rodin. 1995.
Schiele. 1999.

Publications (co-author)

Grenville Davey 1994. Marlow, James Roberts, and Isabelle Rein Harez.
Anthony Caro: The Cascades Sculptures. 1993. A. Caro and Marlow.
David Mach. Art & Design Monographs. 1995. Paul Bonaventura and Marlow.
The Great Artists: From Giotto to Turner. 2002. Phil Grabsky and Marlow.
David Mach. 2002. Victor De Circasia, Paul Bonaventura, and Marlow.

Television programmes

Series

Great Art Series One (2001), Seventh Art Productions (Phil Grabsky), commissioned by ITV
Great Art Series Two (2003), Seventh Art Productions (Phil Grabsky), commissioned by ITV
Great Artists with Tim Marlow – Constable (2006), Seventh Art Productions, directed by Phil Grabsky, Ben Harding, and Andrew Hutton
Easter in Art
Judgement Day: Images of Heaven & Hell
The Nude in Art with Tim Marlow (2010), directed by Phil Grabsky
The Impressionists with Tim Marlow, directed by Phil Grabsky
Marlow Meets …
The Art of the Portrait
Britain's Finest Series One Episode 3 Ancient Monuments (2003), Lion Television part of All3Media, Director Sabine Pusch, Producer Peter Sommer, commissioned by Channel 5.
Britain's Finest Series Two Episode 3 Treasures (2005), Lion Television part of All3Media, Director and Producer Sabine Pusch, commissioned by Channel 5.