Adrian Searle has been writing for the Guardian since 1996. Previously he wrote for the independent, Time Out and numerous other journals. He was a regular contributor to Artscribe magazine from 1976 to 1992, and currently writes for Frieze and Parkett. He has curated shows for the Serpentine Gallery, London, and (in 1994) an international painting show, Unbound, for the Hayward Gallery, London. He is curatorial consultant for a forthcoming Pepe Espaliu retrospective for the Reina Sofia museum, Madrid (2003). He is a visiting teacher at de Ateliers, Amsterdam, and has been a regular lecturer at many British art colleges including Goldsmiths' College, Central St Martins and Chelsea College of Art.