David Thorp | |
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Personal details | |
Born | David Thorp 26 March 1947 |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
David Thorp (born 26 March 1947) is an independent curator and director. He curated GSK Contemporary at the Royal Academy of Arts[1] and Wide Open Spaces at PS1 MoMA New York,[2] among many others. He was Curator of Contemporary Projects at the Henry Moore Foundation[3] and was also director of the South London Gallery, The Showroom and Chisenhale. He has been Associate Director for Artes Mundi,[4] the biannual contemporary art exhibition and prize at the National Museum of Wales, and following the death of Michael Stanley[5] in late September 2012 was appointed Interim Director at Modern Art Oxford. He was a member of the Turner Prize jury in 2004.[6] Since the beginning of 2005 David Thorp has been an independent curator organising and initiating various projects in the UK and abroad. Thorp has held the positions of International Adjunct Curator at PS1 MoMA New York, Associate Curator at Platform China,[7] Beijing, Curator of the Frank Cohen Collection, one of the most important collections of contemporary art in the UK.
Thorp writes extensively on contemporary art and has sat on numerous selection panels for art awards both in the UK and abroad.