Clare Lilley

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Clare Lilley
NationalityBritish
Alma mater University of Manchester (History of Art)
Occupation(s)Art curator; museum director
Employer Yorkshire Sculpture Park (–2025-07)
Known forDirector of Yorkshire Sculpture Park; Curator of Frieze Sculpture (2012–2022)
Board member ofGeorge Rickey Foundation; Jupiter Artland Foundation

Clare Lilley is a British art curator and most recently, Director at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. [1] In July 2025 she stepped down from the role at YSP, [2] where previously she held the post of Director of Programme. [3] [4]

Lilley graduated with a degree in the History of Art from Manchester University. [5] From 2012 to 2022 she curated Frieze Sculpture [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] in London's Regents Park and she has curated William Turnbull for Chatsworth House, [11] Derbyshire and Jaume Plensa at San Giorgio Maggiore as Venice Biennale collateral event. [12]

Lilley sits on the board of the George Rickey Foundation, New York and the Jupiter Artland Foundation, Edinburgh. [13] Previously she was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Government Art Collection and sat on the board of Art UK, London. She is a nominator for the Nasher Sculpture Prize and has been a judge for Art Now at the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Visual Art Awards, the Kleinwort Hambros Emerging Artist Award and the Eden Project Pollinator Commission.[ citation needed ] She is the author of Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art, published by Phaidon.

Lilley has three times been cited on the Artylst Alt Power List. [14] [15] [16]

References

  1. ↑ Harris, Gareth (19 January 2022). "Clare Lilley is named Yorkshire Sculpture Park's director—only the second in its 45-year history". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  2. ↑ "Clare Lilley steps down as Director of Yorkshire Sculpture Park". Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 2025-07-01. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  3. ↑ "Arts head: Clare Lilley, director of programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park". The Guardian . 27 February 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Clare Lilley of Yorkshire Sculpture Park on breaking through stubborn career doors in the arts". Womanthology.co.uk. 22 October 2014.
  5. ↑ "Gemma Cairney to host new Sky Arts series Landmark". Sky Group. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  6. ↑ "Frieze sculpture garden 2018 scatters 25 contemporary pieces in regent's park". Designboom.com. 14 July 2018.
  7. ↑ "See the Epic Sculptures Teasing Frieze London 2017". News.artnet.com. 4 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "Frieze Sculpture 2018: The highlights". Wallpaper.com. 4 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Clare Lilley, Marcus Miller and Oliver Wainwright, the Monocle Weekly 470 - Radio". Monocle.com.
  10. ↑ "See the Playful Sculptures on View at Frieze London's Sculpture Park, from an Enormous Braid to an Art Star's Sandwich". News.artnet.com. 5 October 2020.
  11. ↑ Sulcas, Roslyn (10 June 2013). "William Turnbull's History Lesson". The New York Times .
  12. ↑ "Together. Jaume Plensa - Exhibition - Venice - Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore". Arte.it.
  13. ↑ "Louvre Abu Dhabi names international jury panel for Art Here 2023 and Richard Mille Art Prize". Abu Dhabi Media Office. 2023-08-04. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  14. ↑ "Alt Power 100 Artlyst 2024/2025 Art Of Our Time". Artlyst. 2025-10-21. Retrieved 2025-10-23.
  15. ↑ "Alt Power 100 ArtLyst 2017 - Meet the Alternative Powerhouses". Artlyst.com.
  16. ↑ "Artlyst Power 100: 2014 Alternative Art Power List revealed". Artlyst.com.
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