In this special Members talk Alex Farquharson will take you behind the scenes of the judging panel for the Turner Prize, sharing exclusive insights as this year’s jury chair. You will hear more about the leading British artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2024 plus a reflection on past winners and the prize’s importance to British Art.
Alex will be in conversation with David Dibosa, Director of Research and Interpretation at Tate.
Alex will also preview upcoming exhibitions at Tate Britain, including celebrations to mark 250 years since JMW Turner’s birth – the radical painter who the Turner Prize is named after.
Alex Farquharson
Alex Farquharson has been Director of Tate Britain since 2015. He is also a curator, writer and lecturer. While his specialism is contemporary art, his exhibitions and programmes have often created dialogues between the art of today and historic and modern art.
Alex has taught and lectured widely, in particular on the Curating Contemporary Art MA at Royal College of Art. He is a Trustee of Raven Row and is currently a member of the Arts Council Acquisitions Committee.
Dr David Dibosa
Dr. David Dibosa was appointed as Tate's Director of Research and Interpretation in early April 2023.
In this role David works with the Research and Interpretation teams and other colleagues across Tate to create and promote an overarching vision for the division.
David has had a wide-ranging career as an art historian, academic and broadcaster, as well as his longstanding relationship with Tate. He has taught at universities in London for more than twenty years while regularly lecturing around the world, and is currently Reader of Museology at University of the Arts London. Among many other projects he was part of the research team that led the project Black Artists and Modernism, alongside Sonia Boyce.
David has also held various advisory roles at Tate, including on Collection Committee and the Tate Britain Advisory Group. He has served on a number of boards and committees of other visual arts institutions, including as Chair of Whitechapel Gallery.
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