Areas of Specialism: Scottish Art, Modern British Art and Contemporary Art
Alice Strang is a Senior Specialist in 20th-Century Modern & Contemporary Art. She became part of the Lyon & Turnbull team in 2021.
After graduating in History of Art from Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, Alice joined Christie’s in London where she worked in the Modern & Impressionist, Contemporary and 20th Century Art departments respectively. This period was followed by a move to the National Galleries of Scotland, where she became a highly-regarded Senior Curator in Modern and Contemporary Art. Highlights of her curatorial career include major retrospectives of the Scottish Colourists F. C. B. Cadell, J. D. Fergusson and S. J. Peploe, the landmark Modern Scottish Women: Sculptors and Painters 1885-1965 exhibition, From Sickert to Gertler: Modern British Art from Boxted House and NEW: Recent Acquisitions of Contemporary British Art, all of which were accompanied by publications.
Alice is a BBC Expert Woman and a Saltire Society Outstanding Woman of Scotland. She regularly lectures and writes about her areas of expertise, including for the National Trust for Scotland and Art UK. She is often called upon to negotiate loans from private collections to public exhibitions, including those relating to the Scottish Colourists, the Bloomsbury Group, Robert Colquhoun and Robert MacBryde.
In addition, Alice is a Trustee of the Lund Humphries Foundation for Visual Arts, as well as a committee member of the Harry & Margery Boswell Art Collection at the University of St Andrews and of the Scottish Society for Art History.
Alice’s book about the Scottish Colourists, commissioned by the National Galleries of Scotland is due to publication in late 2026.
