The Scottish curator Helen Nisbet has been appointed director of Glasgow Worldwide, Scotland’s biennial up to date artwork competition. She’s going to take up the publish forward of the eleventh version subsequent yr (5-21 June 2026).
Nisbet was beforehand inventive director of the Artwork Evening up to date artwork competition in Dundee and the chief govt of Cromwell Place gallery hub in London. She additionally served as a jury member for the 2023 Turner Prize.
She says in a press release: “Glasgow Worldwide is a essential biennial which represents a range of up to date and cultural follow, and it’s a privilege to steer it into its subsequent section.”
Artwork world figures reminiscent of Martin Clark, the director of Camden Artwork Centre, and Polly Staple, former director of assortment (British Artwork) on the Tate, welcomed the appointment on social media.
The earlier competition director was Richard Birkett, who final yr introduced what The Artwork Newspaper columnist Louisa Buck described as “the strongest and punchiest editions lately”.
Initiatives for the competition are chosen by means of an open name from an invited panel of worldwide and native artists, curators, producers and the Glasgow Worldwide Programme crew. Each Nisbet and Birkett had been on the choice panel for the 2026 Open Name, from which an artist checklist shall be introduced in the end.
Glasgow Worldwide is supported by Glasgow Metropolis Council, Artistic Scotland and Glasgow Life, the charitable belief chargeable for working town’s cultural provide on behalf of the council.
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