Rebecca Wilson (curator)

Rebecca Wilson is an art curator and editor, who is currently chief curator and vice president of Art Advisory at Saatchi Art [1]

Rebecca Wilson
Nationality United Kingdom
Occupation Art curator

Biography

Wilson graduated in 1990 with BA from University of Cambridge and received her MA degree from University College London in 1991. She started her career in book and magazine publishing as publishing director of Weidenfeld & Nicolson publishing house and then deputy editor of Modern Painters and editor of ArtReview.[2][3][4] She joined Saatchi Gallery in 2006 as director and in 2013 became chief curator and directory of art advisory of Saatchi Art.[5][6] In 2007 Wilson created "New Sensations" prize – an award for art students for support emerging artists in the United Kingdom.[7]

Personal life

Wilson is married to English writer Geoff Dyer.[8]

Charles Saatchi lawsuit

In 2014 Charles Saatchi sued Wilson for alleged trading in his name after she moved from being director of Saatchi Gallery to her Saatchi Art position.[9][10]

References

  1. http://www.saatchiart.com/artadvisory
  2. http://freshpaintmagazine.com/rebecca-wilson/
  3. "Rebecca Wilson". The Quarrel Of The Age: The Life And Times Of William Hazlitt.
  4. "You say St James', I say St James's. We are in a muddle over apostrophe". independent.co.uk.
  5. "Women in Business Q&A: Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and Director, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art". Laura Dunn.
  6. "Rebecca Wilson Hopes Her Online Gallery Saatchi Art Can Help Democratize the Art World". LA Weekly.
  7. "Interview with New Sensations Curator, Rebecca Wilson, London". Aesthetica.
  8. "Writer Geoff Dyer on dangerous hitchhikers, his stroke & conventions of reading". New Zealand Listener.
  9. "Saatchi takes his former righthand woman to court". telegraph.co.uk.
  10. "Charles Saatchi Sues Former Gallery Assistant Rebecca Wilson For Damages". artlyst.com.
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