Clare Lilley

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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 https://ysp.org.uk/news/clare-lilley-steps-down-as-director-of-yorkshire-sculpture-park, where previously she held the post of Director of Programme. [2] [3]

Lilley graduated with a degree in the History of Art from Manchester University. From 2012 to 2022 she curated Frieze Sculpture [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] in London's Regents Park and she has curated William Turnbull for Chatsworth House, [9] Derbyshire and Jaume Plensa at San Giorgio Maggiore as Venice Biennale collateral event. [10]

Lilley sits on the board of the George Rickey Foundation, New York and the Jupiter Artland Foundation, Edinburgh.[ citation needed ] 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. https://artlyst.com/features/alt-power-100-artlyst-2024-2025-art-of-our-time/ [11] [12]

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. "Arts head: Clare Lilley, director of programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park". The Guardian . 27 February 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  3. "Clare Lilley of Yorkshire Sculpture Park on breaking through stubborn career doors in the arts". Womanthology.co.uk. 22 October 2014.
  4. "Frieze sculpture garden 2018 scatters 25 contemporary pieces in regent's park". Designboom.com. 14 July 2018.
  5. "See the Epic Sculptures Teasing Frieze London 2017". News.artnet.com. 4 July 2017.
  6. "Frieze Sculpture 2018: The highlights". Wallpaper.com. 4 July 2018.
  7. "Clare Lilley, Marcus Miller and Oliver Wainwright, the Monocle Weekly 470 - Radio". Monocle.com.
  8. "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.
  9. Sulcas, Roslyn (10 June 2013). "William Turnbull's History Lesson". The New York Times .
  10. "Together. Jaume Plensa - Exhibition - Venice - Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore". Arte.it.
  11. "Alt Power 100 ArtLyst 2017 - Meet the Alternative Powerhouses". Artlyst.com.
  12. "Artlyst Power 100: 2014 Alternative Art Power List revealed". Artlyst.com.