Based in London since 1994, Dr. Gilda Williams is a contemporary art critic and teacher; editor of ON&BY Andy Warhol (MIT/Whitechapel Press, 2016); and author of the bestselling art book How to Write about Contemporary Art (Thames & Hudson, 2014), now published in seven languages. From 2008-23 Williams was Senior Lecturer on the MFA Curating programme at Goldsmiths College (University of London), where she taught art writing. Dr. Williams has also taught at the The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University; The Royal College of Art, London; Frieze Academy; Sotheby’s Institute of Art London; the Guardian’s ‘Masterclass’ series, among many others. Williams has served as an Examiner on PhDs at Goldsmiths, the Royal College of Art and Birkbeck University. A longtime London correspondent for Artforum magazine and a member of the International Association of Art Critics, Williams has served as an Evaluator for the Arts Writers Grant Program, The Andy Warhol Foundation | Creative Capital, New York (2020). Since 2023 Gilda Williams’ main activity is a textile- and stitching-based studio art practice.