Joanna Marie Drew
(1929-2003), Gallery directorSitter in 1 portrait
Arts Administrator. Joined the Arts Council of Great Britain as Exhibitions Organiser in 1952, becoming Director of Exhibitions in 1975. In the 1960s she organised major exhibitions with the Tate Gallery including Roland Penrose's Picasso (1960), Miro (1964) and the 1968 Henry Moore exhibition curated by David Sylvester. In the 1970s Drew oversaw landmark exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery of Islamic Art (1975), followed by North American Indian Art (1976) and Dada and Surrealism Reviewed (1978).
by Markéta Luskacová
modern bromide print, 1987
NPG P1069
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