John Dunbar

John Dunbar (born in 1943 in Mexico City) is a British artist, collector and former gallerist best known for his connections to the 1960s art and music scene. Jennifer Dunbar Dorn is his sister.

Dunbar attended Cambridge University where he met and married singer Marianne Faithfull in 1965. The couple have a son named Nicholas together, born the same year as their marriage, who is now a renowned, Harvard educated financial journalist based in London and the author of the book "Inventing Money". In 1965 he co-founded the Indica Gallery with Barry Miles. The gallery became known for staging exhibitions by cutting edge artists, including Boyle Family, and Yoko Ono from the Fluxus movement. It was at Indica where he introduced Ono to John Lennon. After Indica folded he became an artist and has exhibited work alongside Peter Blake and Colin Self. John Dunbar is also the son of [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0241869/ Bob Dunbar] and father of journalist William Dunbar (based in Tiblisi, Georgia).

Dunbar makes an appearance in the 2008 feature documentary by Nik Sheehan about Brion Gysin and the Dreamachine entitled [http://www.flickerflicker.com 'FLicKeR'] .

He is not to be confused with the main character from "Dances with Wolves" or Belle's Grandfather of the same name.