Iwona Blazwick

Iwona Maria Blazwick OBE is a British art critic and lecturer. She is currently the Chair of the Royal Commission for Al-'Ula’s Public Art Expert Panel. She was the Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery in London from 2001 to 2022. She discovered Damien Hirst and staged his first solo show at a public London art gallery, Institute of Contemporary Arts in 1992. She supports the careers of young artists.

14 October 1955

Born on the same birth date (14 October 1955): Arleen Sorkin

Born on the same birth day (14 October): A. J. Pero • Dorothy Kingsley • Eddie Keher • Jay Pharoah • Karyn White • Lesley Joseph • Michel Després • Paul Hunter • Reginald Doherty • Tom Craddock • Viktor Röthlin • Wesley Matthews

Born in the same month (October 1955): Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell • Arleen Sorkin • Bill Elliott • Buket Uzuner • David Twohy • John Rutherford (rugby union) • Kevin DuBrow • Kulbir Bhaura • LaSalle Ishii • Leena Lander • Lonnie Shelton • Michalis Chrisochoidis • Mike Bratz • Morten Gunnar Larsen • Peter Saville (graphic designer) • Rich Mullins • Steve Ovett • Timmy Mallett • Tony Dungy