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Goldsmiths CollegeGoldsmiths College (founded 1891 by the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths as Goldsmiths' Technical and Recreative Institute) has been a part of the federal University of London since 1904, when it took its current name. It initially occupied a building in New Cross created in 1843 for the Royal Naval School. This was vacated by the school in 1889 when it moved to Mottingham in south-east London. Goldsmiths specialises in courses and research relating to creativity and culture, and has a reputation for producing visual artists. This reputation was largely established by the influence of Michael Craig-Martin, Jon Thompson and Nick De Ville as teaching staff. It is located in New Cross, London. Among Goldsmiths' students have been: - Bernd Behr (born 1976), artist
- John Cale (born 1942), musician
- Graham Coxon, musician, formerly with Blur
- Ian Davenport (born 1966), artist
- Grenville Davey (born 1961), artist
- Lucian Freud (born 1922), artist
- Anya Gallaccio (born 1963), artist
- Damien Hirst (born 1965), artist
- Gary Hume (born 1962), artist
- Alex James, musician, member of Blur
- Linton Kwesi Johnson (born 1952), poet, musician
- Tessa Jowell (born 1947), politician
- Michael Landy (born 1963), artist
- Sarah Lucas (born 1965), artist
- Javier Marchn (born 1967), artist
- Malcolm McLaren, music manager, notably of the Sex Pistols
- Steve McQueen (born 1969), artist
- Gladys Mitchell (born 1901), author
- Brian Molko, singer with Placebo
- Cathy de Monchaux (born 1960), artist
- Julian Opie, artist
- Mary Quant (born 1934), fashion designer
- Bridget Riley (born 1931), artist
- Simon Tegala (born 1972, artist
- Mark Wallinger (born 1959), artist
- Gillian Wearing (born 1963), artist
- Catherine Yass (born 1963), artist
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