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'''Andrew Scott Bell''' (born 21 February 1966) is an Australian judge who is the current [[President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal]].<ref name = "Sydney Uni">{{Cite web|url=https://sydney.edu.au/law/news-and-events/news/2019/02/14/sydney-law-school-alumni-named-among-nsw-highest-legal-counsel.html|title=Sydney Law School alumni named among NSW highest legal counsel|website=The University of Sydney|language=en-AU|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref name = "Lawyer's Weekly">{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/wig-chamber/24885-new-president-of-the-nsw-court-of-appeal-announced|title=New President of the NSW Court of Appeal announced|last=Doraisamy|first=Jerome|last2=Doraisamy|first2=Jerome|date=2019-01-23|website=www.lawyersweekly.com.au|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afr.com/business/legal/will-there-be-a-promotion-for-australias-worst-judge-20190228-h1bt2i|title=Will there be a promotion for 'Australia's worst judge'?|date=2019-02-28|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}}</ref> He was a Rhodes Scholar for New South Wales, practised as a barrister-at-law, and an adjunct professor at the University of Sydney. Bell is a co-author of ''Nygh's Conflict of Laws in Australia'' and was a long term Chair of popular annual [[Sculpture by the Sea]] exhibition in Sydney.

Bell was a long-time board member of the Sydney [[Sculpture by the Sea]] exhibition. He was a board member from 2006, and became its chair between 2010 and 2016. He is credited with being instrumental in developing the event from an organisation barely able to stage two large exhibits in Sydney and [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth]], to a well established body regarded as the peak body for sculpture in Australia. <ref name="Sculpture">{{cite web |title=Governors of Sculpture by the Sea |url=https://sculpturebythesea.com/about/life-governors-of-sculpture-by-the-sea/ |website=Sculpture by the sea |accessdate=21 July 2020}}</ref> He introduced key changes such as a universal minimum income for artists in the Sydney exhibition, and later covering the costs of the heavy installation equipment for artists in both Sydney and Perth. He also developed initiatives such as "Sculpture at [[Barangaroo]]", held in 2016 and 2017, as well as the Sydney Sculpture Conference at the [[Sydney Opera House]].