Professor Nigel Llewellyn
Doctor of Letters

Professor Nigel Llewellyn is recognised for his contribution to commemorative art, early modern art, historiography and inspiring students in their pursuits in these fields.

Nigel was trained at the University of East Anglia and at the Warburg Institute where he held a research fellowship. He taught art history at the University of Sussex between 1978–­2006 where he also served as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (2000­–2003) before moving to the Tate. He is the first head of research appointed by the Tate Galleries to oversee the development of all their scholarly activities across Tate Britain, Tate Modern and in Liverpool and St Ives.

Nigel was the co-curator of an exhibition on the International Baroque held at the V&A London in 2009. His monograph, Funeral Monuments in post-Reformation England (CUP, 2000), won the British Art History prize. In 1992 he curated the Art of Death exhibition, also at the V&A. He has published more than 40 articles and essays.

Nigel has in the past, worked to develop masters degrees in areas of art and design history at the University of Brighton in collaboration with the University of Sussex. He has worked on many other collaborative projects with the university related to exhibition curation and object scholarship. In his present role at the Tate Galleries he is working to develop a collaborative programme of research with the Faculty of Arts at the University of Brighton.