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Journalist, art critic, broadcaster, lecturer at Sothebys and the Wallace Collection.

Godfrey Barker is a journalist, art critic and broadcaster, currently working as the arts correspondent for the Evening Standard. He also lectures at Sothebys and the Wallace Collection. His first book - Vanity Fair: The Rich and the Price of Art - was published in 2008 by Constable and is now being translated in several languages, including across East Asia.

Godfrey Barker is a journalist, art critic and broadcaster, currently working as the arts correspondent for the Evening Standard. He also lectures at Sothebys and the Wallace Collection. His first book - Vanity Fair: The Rich and the Price of Art - was published in 2008 by Constable and is now being translated in several languages, including across East Asia.

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