5th February 2024
Tate Modern has announced ALVIN LI as Curator, International Art, and HERA CHAN as Adjunct Curator, Asia-Pacific.
A curator and writer based in Hong Kong, Chan was formerly Associate Curator of Public Programmes at Tai Kwun Contemporary and Director/Curator at Videotage. She is currently an adjunct curator at Tate and a guest professor at the Korea National University of the Arts.
Li is a curator and...
Disabled-led theatre company Vital Xposure (VX) has announced STEPHEN BAILEY as its new artistic lead.
A director and producer, Bailey has extensive experience creating new, accessible work. Previously, he was a resident assistant director at Chichester Festival Theatre and has also worked at Nottingham Playhouse, National Theatre, Graeae, Hampstead and the Kiln.
Bailey, who is neurodivergent, runs ASYLUM Arts and is...
1st February 2024
The independent grant-making charity, Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF), has appointed SILAJA BIRKS and TOM PALAKUDIYIL as trustees.
Birks currently leads the strategic partnerships portfolio at Wellcome Trust. Before that, she was part of UNICEF’s private sector partnerships team in New York and previously led UNICEF UK’s work with philanthropic organisations.
In the arts, Birks has worked at Tate and...
IRINI PAPADIMITIOU has announced her departure from FutureEverything, following six years as Creative Director.
Before joining in 2018, Papadimitriou worked as Digital Programmes Manager at London’s V&A and Head of New Media Arts for Watermans. She is also co-founder of Maker Assembly and was an Art & Design Associate with Mozilla.
ANNETTE MEES, Chair at FutureEverything, described Papadimitriou’s...
31st January 2024
Leeds Heritage Theatres (LHT) has named VICKY CHEETHAM as its new CEO.
Cheetham will join LHT this summer, succeeding CHRIS BLYTHE, who has been in the post since 2015 and will retire at the end of March.
Currently, interim Co-Executive Director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Cheetham has also been Managing Director of Tate, Executive Director of Arts at Southbank Centre, and Executive Producer at...
MAX MAY has been appointed as Chief Officer of culture partnership HEY Creative.
HEY Creative is Hull and East Yorkshire’s Cultural Compact, designed to support the regional cultural sector.
May is currently Strategic Director at North Yorkshire Together and was previously CEO at Rural Arts.
DOMINIC GIBBONS, Chair of HEY Creative, said: “Max’s background and what he has already achieved in the...
29th January 2024
Dr MELISSA BURON will join V&A as Director of Collections and Chief Curator, taking up post in the spring.
Currently Director of Curatorial Affairs at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF), Buron worked as a Research Assistant at V&A in 2007.
She joined FAMSF in June 2008, where she manages four sections of the museum’s Art Division: Curatorial, Conservation, Publications and the Library/Archives.
...26th January 2024
Music therapy charity Nordoff and Robbins has announced music agent EMMA BANKS as Chair of its Board of Trustees.
She replaces DAVID MUNNS, who has been Chair for 13 years.
Banks is co-Head of the Creative Artists Agency's London Office and co-Head of International Touring.
A trustee since 2019, Banks has also chaired the Nordoff and Robbins' Silver Clef Awards committee for the past decade...
25th January 2024
JO CORNISH will step into the role of Interim CEO at the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) following the announcement that current CEO NICK POOLE will depart at the end of March.
Cornish will begin on 1 February and continue until a new Chief Executive is in post.
A chartered fellow of CILIP with a background in public libraries, Cornish is currently the organisation’s Chief Development Officer....
RAIDENE CARTER will join Artsadmin as Artistic Director, following the departure of RÓISE GOAN to lead Viernulvier in Belgium.
Bringing a wealth of experience in cultural engagement as a creative producer and leader, Carter will join the organisation at the end of this month as Co-CEO alongside Executive Director, BEN COOPER-MELCHIORS.
Carter was Creative Director of Birmingham...