Andrew Lambirth (b. 1959) is a writer and curator, also a poet and collagist. He was the art critic of The Spectator (2002-14), and his reviews have been collected in a paperback titled A Is a Critic. His numerous books include full-length monographs on Ken Kiff, Roger Hilton, R. B. Kitaj, Maggi Hambling, John Hoyland, Margaret Mellis, David Inshaw, Francis Davison, William Gear, and John Nash. He has also curated exhibitions of work by Eileen Agar, Michael Ayrton, Peter Blake, Jean Cooke, Cedric Morris, and Ivon Hitchens for various museums and public galleries in the UK. He lives in Wiltshire surrounded by books and pictures.