Caroline Worthington

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Caroline Worthington (born 1972) is a British curator, museum director and director of the Royal Society of Sculptors.

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Worthington was curator of art at the Royal Albert Memorial Museum in Exeter as curator of art before moving to the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle. [1] In 2003, aged 31, she moved to York Art Gallery as curator of Art, [2] leaving in 2008 to become the director of the Florence Nightingale Museum in London. [1]

Worthington is the director of the Royal Society of Sculptors and chief executive of Bexley Heritage Trust. [3]

In 2019 she was the guest curator of an exhibition titled 'Parallel Lines: Drawing and Sculpture' at The Lightbox. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Interview with LMG's new chair – Caroline Worthington". London Museum's Group. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  2. "Fine art of improving York's gallery". York Press . 14 October 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  3. "Our Team: CAROLINE WORTHINGTON, DIRECTOR". Royal Society of Sculptors. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
  4. "Parallel Lines: Drawing and Sculpture" . Retrieved 7 October 2019.