Paul Carter Robinson FRSA is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of Artlyst. He is a senior arts and culture professional who began collecting contemporary art 20 years ago. He is a dynamic figure on the London art scene, having been a journalist, reviewer, and editor for the past 15 years. Paul is a Fellow of the RSA, a member of the Critics Circle, and the NUJ (National Union of Journalists). See interview profile Careers talk: The Guardian

Sara Faith studied History of Art at the University of Manchester under Sir Nicholas Penny (former Director of the National Gallery). She has worked in several West End galleries before moving into publishing, where she worked for Thames & Hudson and was an editor at BCA. Sara has been a regular exhibitor at international art fairs and has published feature reviews of major museum shows, as well as curating the Events Listings on Artlyst.

Sue Hubbard is an award-winning poet, novelist and freelance art critic. She has written regularly for The Independent, Time Out and The New Statesman as well as many other leading art publications. She has published 3 collections of poetry, a book of short stories, two novels and a book of art essays: Adventures in Art. 

Paul Carey-Kent is a UK-based writer and curator. He is a member of the International Association of Art Critics and the visual arts editor of art-meets-science magazine Seisma. He writes regularly for Art Monthly (UK) and Border Crossings (Canada), in addition to a weekly column online for FAD Magazine and a monthly interview feature for Artlyst.  He has curated some 50 exhibitions. ‘The Death Suite’, a book of photo-poems, will be published in 2026.

Clare Henry FRSA is a British art critic, curator, columnist, TV presenter and printmaker. She has been writing for 40 years, first as art critic for The Herald, then for the Financial Times in New York.

She was Scottish editor for Art Review, & has contributed to The Art Newspaper, Studio, ARTnews, The Guardian, Sculpture, Printmaking Today, The Scotsman & New York Sun.

Nico Kos Earle is an independent curator and arts writer who spent her formative years in Paris and holds a degree in Literature with Philosophy from Trinity College, Dublin. She is a member of the Critics Circle and writes for numerous publications, including Joost Vandebrug’s Cince Lei and Between Two Worlds for AH Studio.

Clare has spent more than five decades working as a painting conservator, bringing an exacting eye and depth of knowledge to the field. She holds a PhD from the Royal College of Art on Picasso’s decorative metalwork and is widely regarded as an authority, with published research and contributions to museum exhibitions on this subject. Clare currently serves as secretary of Visual Art and Architecture at the Critics Circle.

Edward Lucie-Smith was educated at King’s School, Canterbury and Merton College, Oxford, where he read History. He is an internationally known art critic and historian who has published more than a hundred books, including more than sixty on art, chiefly, but not exclusively, on contemporary work. He is generally regarded as the most prolific and widely published writer in this field. 

Virginie is a consultant lecturer at Sotheby’s Institute, London, and Managing Director of International Pearl Lam Galleries. Virginie has an MA in Art Business from Sotheby’s Institute, an MA in Political Science from Sciences Po Paris, and is currently pursuing an MA in History of Art at Birkbeck University of London.

Clayton Calvert is a painter, sculptor, video, installation artist, and curator. He is the co-founder of NYC Culture Club and the Executive Director of The Carlo Maria Mariani and Carol Lane Mariani Foundation. Calvert’s projects have led to exhibitions worldwide, including Paris, Rome, Venice, New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. In 2024, Calvert curated an exhibition at Galleria degli Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti in Firenze, Italy. His work is in numerous private and corporate collections.

Ilka Scobie, is a poet and art critic. Her publications include books, Any Island (Soncino Press), There for the Taking (For Zoas Press), Journals: Long Shot, New Observations, Phatitude, Poetry in Performance.

John K Grande is a writer and poet whose work expresses an understanding of the relation between nature and society. Grande has written on the neglect of nature in contemporary art and supports the nature art platform through Earth Art exhibitions he curates. He has featured in the Burlington Magazine, Sculpture Magazine (USA), Artforum, Border Crossings, British Journal of Photography, Canadian Forum, Public Art Review and Art on Paper.