The Hayward Gallery in London has appointed Zoé Whitley as its new senior curator, effective April 8. She succeeds Vincent Honoré who has departed the museum to become artistic director of MoCo Contemporary Arts in Montpellier, France.
Whitley is the current curator of international art at Tate Modern where she has been noted for curating the critically acclaimed “Soul of a Nation,” a survey about the Black Power movement and art made between 1963 and 1983. Before Tate Modern, Whitley was employed at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London and the Studio Museum in Harlem.
“The mix of world-class and risk-taking programming consistently draws me to the Southbank Centre as a member of the public,” Whitley stated. “I am so excited to now join the team when the organization is innovating interdisciplinary leadership and collaboration.”
Along with beginning employment at the Hayward, Whitley is overseeing the 2019 Venice Biennale’s British Pavilion. Ralph Rugoff, the Hayward’s director, is curating the Biennale’s main show.
