Patricia Anderson is the former editor of the bi-monthly journal Australian Art Review and owner of the Crawford Gallery, now closed. She has written six books: three biographies of art world figures (Elwyn Lynn, Pat Harry and Robert Hughes), two volumes about contemporary jewellery, and one about Australian art world follies called Art + Australia: Debates, Dollars & Delusions.
She is member of the British Society of Jewellery Historians, the International Association of Art Critics and a fellow of the Gemmological Association of Australia. She has written book reviews and essays for The Australian, Quadrant, Apollo, ART & Australia, Minerva, The Art Newspaper and Art Monthly among others. She formerly curated the Union, University & Schools Club’s art collection from 2011 – 2020 and is the President of the Council of Friends of the University of Sydney's Chau Chak Wing Museum. Her latest book Burial to Bling – 70,000 years of body ornament will be published in March-April 2025.
