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Andrew Colin Nairne OBE (born 10 February 1960), is director of Kettle's Yard, the University of Cambridge’s modern and contemporary art gallery. Cambridge University Research News.
Nairne is the former director of Modern Art Oxford, Andrew Nairne, Director, leaves for senior Arts Council post, Retrieved 29 January 2009. a contemporary art gallery in Oxford. He joined in 2001, when he renamed the gallery from the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. Nairne coordinated enhancements to the museum building, and gave MOMA's substantial library of art books and catalogues to Oxford Brookes University. He shifted the focus to exhibitions of contemporary artists, who have included Tracey Emin and Stella Vine.
From 1998 to 2003, Nairne was a board member of the Pier Arts Centre in Stromness, Orkney. He was formerly chair of the Visual Arts and Galleries Association (VAGA). He was also visiting fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford.
Nairne was formerly executive director of arts strategy at the Arts Council England. Arts Council England appoints two new Executive Directors, Retrieved 29 January 2009.
He received the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Museums and to the Arts.
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