Neville Wakefield

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Neville Wakefield
Born1963 (age 5859)
NationalityBritish
OccupationArt curator
Notable work
Desert X

Neville Wakefield (born 1963) is an art curator. [1]

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Life and work

Wakefield was born in England, United Kingdom. He is the curator and artistic director [2] of Desert X. [3]

Personal life

He lives and works between the Isles of Scilly [4] and Harlem, New York. [5]

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References

  1. "Is Nike the New Medici? Curator Neville Wakefield Says Brands Are Our 21st-Century Patrons". 19 October 2017.
  2. Harris, Gareth (13 March 2019). "Desert X — where the dry land blooms with art". Financial Times.
  3. "About Us — Desert x 2017". www.desertx.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-30.
  4. Squibb, Stephen (29 March 2015). "Neville Wakefield's Many Muses". The New York Times.
  5. "O Mountaineers!".