Rowan Bain

Rowan Bain is Principal Curator of the William Morris Gallery, London, where she oversees the collections, exhibitions and public programme. Her past exhibitions include Althea McNish: Colour Is Mine (2022), Kehinde Wiley: The Yellow Wallpaper (2020) and May Morris: Art & Life (2017). Previously she was Assistant Curator, Middle East Section, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. She is the author of William Morris’s Flowers (Thames & Hudson/V&A, 2019), co-author of May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer (Thames & Hudson/V&A, 2017) and editor of the forthcoming publication Peacocks and Tulips: William Morris and Art from the Islamic World (Yale University Press, 2024). She is currently co-editing the collected letters of May Morris with Anna Mason and Margaretta Frederick.