David Thorp

David Thorp
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Born
David Thorp

(1947-03-26) 26 March 1947 (age 77)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityBritish

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.

  1. ^ "Royal Academy Press Release GSK Contemporary" (PDF). Royal Academy. London. 19 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015.
  2. ^ "MoMA PS1: Exhibitions: Wide Open Spaces". momaps1.org.
  3. ^ "iniva: David Thorp". iniva.org. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Artes Mundi 6 Opens for Nominations". Artes Mundi. Cardiff. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ Mark Brown (25 September 2012). "Michael Stanley, rising star in art firmament, dies aged 37". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "Jeremy Deller wins the Turner Prize 2004". Tate Etc.
  7. ^ "Beijing Platform Culture and Art Development CO., LTD-Home". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.