The Jury
Thank you to the incredible individuals who are lending their time to help us create a fair and open a selection process.
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Independent writer, curator and founder of A Black History of Art. Author of Reframing Blackness ) and host of the A Shared Gaze podcast. Read more
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Head of Programmes at arebyte and Co-Founder of Off Site Project. Former Curator of Digital Art at the V&A and co-editor of Digital Art: 1960s–Now. Read more
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Director of Tate from 2017 to 2026, the first woman to lead the institution. Curator, writer and author of Gathering of Strangers: Why Museums Matter (Tate, 2024) Read more
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Writer and broadcaster on contemporary art, Contributing Editor and London Contemporary Art Correspondent for The Art Newspaper. Read more
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Founding Director of The Common Guild, Glasgow (2007–2026). Trustee of Art Fund and former judge of the Turner Prize and Art Fund’s Museum of the Year. Read more
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Turner Prize-winning artist (2004) who represented Britain at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013. Most recently presented The Triumph of Art Read more
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Director and CEO of Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Former Director of Towner Eastbourne, where the gallery won Art Fund Museum of the Year (2020) Read more
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Art critic, writer and curator, and visual arts editor at Londonist. Trustee of City & Guilds of London Art School and Discerning Eye. Read more
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Director of The Whitworth and Professor of Curatorial Practices at the University of Manchester. Former Senior Curator at Tate Modern. Read more
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CEO of a-n, the UK’s largest visual arts membership organisation. Over 20 years of director-level experience including Liverpool Biennial, Arts Council England, and Creative Australia. Read more
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Director of Firstsite and Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021 winner. Former Head of Programme at Modern Art Oxford. Awarded MBE for services to the arts. Read more