Kate Bryan
Birthday: Born in 1982-03-11 in Bracknell, Berkshire, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Kate Bryan is a British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster. In 2016, she became head of collections for Soho House globally. She presents the Sky Arts Series Inside Arts which began in 2019. She wrote and presented the art television series Galleries on Demand, which aired every week in 2016 on Sky Arts. She is a judge on the Sky Arts television series Artist of the Year, presented by Stephen Mangan and Joan Bakewell. She has been a contributor to the arts television programme The Culture Show on BBC2, Newsnight on BBC2 and in 2013 presented an hour-long special for The Culture Show on The Art of Chinese Painting. In 2016, she was a presenter of the Sky Arts documentary The Mystery of the Lost Caravaggio, which aired in Italy as Operazione Caravaggio. She also contributed to Dante's Inferno, Raphael and Beauty and Artemisia Gentileschi: Painting to Survive on Sky Arts. In 2018, she presented an hour-long live broadcast from Tate Modern on the Picasso 1932 exhibition, also on Sky Arts.In 2019 she presented a follow up as live programme from Tate Britain, Van Gogh and Britain for Sky Arts.
TV Credits
Inside Art
Character: Self - Presenter
Inside Art' celebrates the UK arts scene, talks to curator, artists and art lovers, and explores the stories behind the artwork. Presenter Kate Bryan conducts the viewer through new and unusual art exhibitions across the United Kingdom....
Art on the BBC
Character: Self - Presenter
Four young British art historians delve into six decades of the BBC archives to discover the powerful way in which television influences our understanding of the world's greatest artists....
Portrait Artist of the Year
Character: Judge
Artists from the UK and Ireland compete by creating portraits of famous people....
The Art Show
Character: Herself - Host
Travel the globe witnessing fascinating stories about art. You’ll see new artwork being made, meet artists in their studios and experience cultural treasures with experts....
My Week With...
Character: Self
Kate Bryan spends a week in the company of female artists to give an insight into their day-to-day lives....
Stories from Tate Britain
Character: Self
In this two-part series, Kate Bryan delves into the rich history of Tate Britain, exploring the evolution of British art through its collection. Alongside a range of curators and experts, Kate explores the origins of this institution and uncovers the stories behind the works of iconic artists, from William Blake and JMW Turner, through to David Hockney and Tracy Emin, among many others....
Movie Credits
Tintoretto: A Rebel in Venice
Character: Self
Five hundred years after his birth, the life and career of the Italian Renaissance's last great painter is explored....
Boty: I Am the Sixties
Character: Self
Documentary film about pop art sensation Pauline Boty, tracking the artist’s original contribution to British art, her feminism and her unique take on the nascent celebrity culture of the 1960s. Ahead of her time in so many ways, Boty’s story ends with her tragic early death at 28 in 1966 and the subsequent revival of interest in her work in the last decade. Packed full of original photographs and art work, the film calls on an array of family, friends, art critics and famous fans to lead us t...
Michelangelo - Saint or sinner
Character: Self
Investigation of the forty years it took the artist to complete the mausoleum of Pope Julius II against a complex background of Vatican intrigue and political tumult....