Retrospective exhibition of British painter Jon Thompson opens at Annet Gelink Gallery
(Artdaily.org)

Annet Gelink Gallery announced its collaboration with Anthony Reynolds Gallery for a retrospective view of British painter Jon Thompson. Jon Thompson (UK, 1936 – 2016) was one of the most influential personalities of the British art scene in the past four decades. After his first solo show of paintings at Rowan Gallery in London in 1960, followed by four in London and New York between 1960 and 1967, he stopped panting for the next 40 years. As a radical educationalist he turned Goldsmiths College (1970-92) into the generator of talent that it is today, fostering the YBA generation and setting the agenda for years to come. He then moved on to become the head of the Jan Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht (1992-98) before returning to London’s Middlesex University. He also wrote significant books, catalogues and essays on the subject of art and