Adam Dant (b. 1967 – ) is a British artist and cartographer, working in London. Born in Cambridge, Dant studied at the Royal College of Art, London and the MS University Faculty of Fine Arts Baroda, India. On his return to the UK from his appointment as Rome Scholar in Etching and Engraving, the artist created ‘ Donald Parsnips’ Daily Journal’, a pamphleteering art project, which he drew, photocopied, and handed out to passers-by in London or wherever he travelled between 1995-99. Donald Parsnip also appeared as a weekly column in the Independent on Sunday. He later created ‘The Anecdotal Plan of Tate Britain’ for Tate Magazine in 2001 and won the Jerwood Drawing Prize in 2002.  

Adam soon became a house-hold name known for his dense, elaborate narrative typographic drawings – cartographic surveys of the past, present and future rendered in compelling detail. His artworks chronicling city life, where historical motifs and mythology mingle with present-day observations, create wryly humorous and subversive views on contemporary life. He combines master draftsmanship and meticulous research with a wonderfully imaginative artistic vision which has led him to be hailed as “our very own modern-day Hogarth” by the FT and by The Art Newspaper as “London’s draughtsman laureate”. He is also proud to have been honoured as a “Regent of The College of Pataphysics”. 

Recent projects include his 2015 appointment as Parliament’s Official Artist of the 2015 General Election, and solo exhibitions such as ‘The Budge Row Bibliotheque’ at Bloomberg SPACE gallery and “The Return of London” at St Martin in the Fields Crypt. Adam has undertaken commissions as the official artist of The Queen’s Jubilee Thames pageant, Christie’s 250th anniversary celebrations and as the house artist of grade 1 listed Tudor manor house Upton Cressett Hall. His award-winning book of ‘Maps of London and Beyond’ has recently been followed by “Adam Dant’s Political Maps” published to critical acclaim by Batsford Books in summer 2022. His artworks are held in major international collections including: Tate, Arts Council, England, Deutsche Bank, King Charles III, MoMA, New York, The Government Art Collection, UK, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon. He is artist in residence for The Critic Magazine and The Mayfarer magazine, and is represented by the art gallery and publisher, TAG Fine Arts, London.  

William Palin, Chief Executive, Barts Heritage (September 2018 – Present)

William Palin is Chief Executive of Barts Heritage, the charity leading on the rescue and rejuvenation of the historic buildings of St Bartholomew’s Hospital. Will is overseeing the £9.1m Sharing Historic Barts project, which will see the repair and conservation the Great Hall, and the rest of the North Wing – which includes the Hogarth Stair and the Henry VIII Gate. The project will start in 2023, the 900th anniversary of the Hospital.

Will started his career as Assistant Curator at Sir John Soane’s Museum in 2000. 

In 2008, Will moved to SAVE Britain’s Heritage, the UK’s leading independent conservation charity, as a Director, before taking on the role of Conservation Director at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, in January 2014. At Greenwich he led the award-winning restoration project at the Painted Hall – one of the largest open-access conservation projects in Europe.

Will holds a a BA from Oxford University and an MA Architecture History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.

Diana Ewer is an advisor, appraiser and curator with 20 years experience working in the commercial art world focused on modern and contemporary art. After graduating with a masters from the Courtauld Insitute of Art, she worked at the fine art brokers Gurr Johns and the Mayor Gallery in London. She then went on to set up the London-based gallery and publisher, TAG Fine Arts where she remains a consultant.  In 2010, she moved to New York and qualified as an USPAP certified appraiser at New York University and went on to build a thriving art advisory.  Returning to London in 2016, she continues to work with her US-based clients.  She is also the UK representative for the Jon Schueler Estate.