Matthew Slotover Named Chair of Turner Contemporary

Matthew Slotover has been announced as the new chair of Turner Contemporary in Margate, British isles, successful January 1, 2023. He will be successful Clive Stevens, who has occupied the function considering the fact that 2016. Slotover is a cofounder of Frieze magazine, which he aided establish in 1991, and of the first Frieze artwork truthful, released in 2003. The event, which began in London, has expanded across the globe, with iterations moreover taking location in New York, Los Angeles, and Seoul. Slotover stepped absent from the day-to-working day managing of the fairs in 2020. From 2006 to 2021, he served as chair of the South London Gallery he is presently on the boards of the Arts Foundation, Murmur, Sadlers Wells, and the Walpole Team.

“This is an massive honor presented the background of the gallery, its accomplishment, and the crucial part it performs in championing the get the job done of artists, promoting art and society in the area, and serving to maintain a a lot more resourceful and related community,” explained Slotover in a statement. “I am energized by the prospect of becoming capable to assistance the director and contribute to its long term advancement and development.”

Stevens, a Margate native who arrived to Turner as a founding trustee thirteen years ago, introduced his departure previously this calendar year. “Turner Present-day has been a catalyst for the regeneration of my hometown,” he famous in a assertion. “The trustees and I are delighted that Matthew Slotover will become the new chair of the gallery. Matthew has the competencies and working experience to support the director, Clarrie Wallis, and to guide the gallery forward into its next ten years.” Founded in 2011 and named for J. M. W. Turner, who often frequented and depicted the place, Turner is cost-free to the general public.

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