Richard Cork (born 25 March 1947)[1] is a British art historian, editor, critic, broadcaster and exhibition curator.
He also regularly appears on the BBC Two art series The Private Life of a Masterpiece.
During late modernism, Cork opposed the practice of intellectual elitism derived from formalist abstraction.
Louisa Buck said Cork was among the "rare species" who search out the latest developments in contemporary art, in contrast to the conventional outlook of many of his colleagues, who "still feel that art should know its place, which is firmly on a plinth or in a frame."
[3] Cork is a patron of Paintings in Hospitals, a charity that provides art for health and social care in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.