Ian Swankie

BIOGRAPHY

A Londoner with a contagious enthusiasm for art and architecture, Ian is an official guide at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Guildhall Art Gallery and St Paul’s Cathedral. He is also a freelance London tour guide. Since 2012 he has led a popular weekly independent art lecture group in his home town of Richmond in West London. Ian is an Accredited Lecturer for The Arts Society and a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Art Scholars, one of the City of London’s famous livery companies.

TALKS

1. The Brilliance of Brunel – The Man Who Built the Modern World
2. Great Railway Stations – Evoking the Spirit of Romance and Adventure
3. Battersea Power Station – The Four Iconic Chimneys
4. Thomas Heatherwick – A Modern Leonardo?
5. Pots and Frocks – The World of Grayson Perry, from Essex Punk Potter to Superstar and National Treasure
6. Underground Cathedrals – The World-Class Art, Architecture and Design of the London Underground
7. St Paul’s Cathedral – Sir Christopher Wren’s Glorious Masterpiece
8. The Lost Leonardo