Paul Goodwin

Professor of Transnational Curating, UAL Chair of Black Art and Design Studies and Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art Identity and Nation (TrAIN) · University of the Arts London · company speakers →

Paul Goodwin is a curator, researcher, and urban theorist based in London. His curatorial and research interests span the fields of contemporary art, migration, urbanism and critical curation with a particular focus on black and diaspora artists and visual cultures. As a curator at Tate Britain from 2008 to 2012 he directed the Cross Cultural Programme that explored questions of migration and globalisation in contemporary British art. As a lecturer he has held various teaching and research positions in the fields of visual arts, transnationalism and urban theory. Since 2014 he has been a visiting critic and lecturer for the Art in the Public Sphere Masters programme at the Ecole cantonale d’art du Valais (ECAV) in Sierre, Switzerland. Goodwin is Professor of Transnational Curating, UAL Chair of Black Art and Design Studies and Director of the Research Centre for Transnational Art Identity and Nation (TrAIN) at the University of the Arts London.

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Speaking history

MISS READ: The Berlin Art Book Fair & Festival

26 June 2026 Berlin, Germany “Radical Creatives in Urbanism: Paul Goodwin in conversation with Dana Whabira”

transmediale open studio

24 June 2026 Berlin, Germany “Radical Creatives in Urbanism: Paul Goodwin in conversation with Dana Whabira”

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