Dr Linda Tyler is an associate professor at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland. She is the former curator of the art collection at the Waikato Museum of Art and History, and curator of the pictorial collection at the Hocken Library. She has taught art and design history and curation at the University of Canterbury Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato and now at the University of Auckland.