Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900. The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi.
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people. When it opened in 1856, it was arguably the first national public gallery in the world that was dedicated to portraits.
Sir Charles Robert Saumarez Smith is a British cultural historian specialising in the history of art, design and architecture. He was the Secretary and Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Arts in London from 2007 until he stepped down in 2018. He was replaced by Axel Rϋger, who took up the position in 2019.
The Victoria Miro Gallery is a British contemporary art gallery in London, run by Victoria Miro. Miro opened her first gallery in 1985 in Cork Street, before moving to larger premises in Islington in 2000 and later opening a second space in St George Street, Mayfair.
Frieze Art Fair is an annual contemporary art fair first held in 2003 in London's Regent's Park. Developed by the founders of the contemporary art magazine Frieze, the fair has since expanded to include editions in four cities, in addition to acquiring several other art fairs. Following the original Frieze Art Fair, the fair added Frieze Masters (2012), also in London, dedicated to art made before the year 2000; Frieze New York (2012); Frieze Los Angeles (2019); and Frieze Seoul (2022). In 2023, Frieze acquired The Armory Show in New York, and EXPO Chicago.
Matthew Slotover is an English publisher and entrepreneur. He is co-founder of Frieze, a media and events company, which now includes the Frieze Art Fair, frieze and Frieze Academy.
Amanda Sharp is an English publisher and entrepreneur, who joined Frieze in July 1991 and, with Matthew Slotover, co-founded Frieze Art Fair in October 2003.
Alice Rawsthorn OBE is a British design critic and author. Her books include Design as an Attitude (2018) and Hello World: Where Design Meets Life (2013). She is chair of the board of trustees at the Chisenhale Gallery in London and at The Hepworth Wakefield gallery in Yorkshire. Rawsthorn is a founding member of Writers at Liberty, a group of writers who are committed to supporting the work of the human rights charity Liberty. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2014 Birthday Honours for services to design and the arts.
Maureen Paley is the American owner of a contemporary art gallery in Bethnal Green, London, where she lives. It was founded in 1984, called Interim Art during the 1990s, and renamed Maureen Paley in 2004. She exhibited Young British Artists at an early stage. Artists represented include Turner Prize winners Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Gillian Wearing and Wolfgang Tillmans. One thing in common with many of the artists represented is their interest in addressing social issues.
Outset Contemporary Art Fund is an arts charity established in 2003, and based in London, England.
Nicola Jane Philipps, sometimes referred to as Nicky Philipps, is a British artist who rose to prominence in the 2000s as a contemporary portraitist. She painted the first double portrait of Princes William and Harry in 2010.
Catherine Anne Goodman is an English artist, and co-founder with King Charles III of the Royal Drawing School.
Celia Paul is an Indian-born British painter. Paul's mainly known for her impressionistic work, which she developed during her education at the Slade School of Fine Art. Paul lives and works in London, England.
Carl Randall is a British figurative painter, whose work is based on images of modern Japan and London.
Dr Joanna Kennedy OBE FREng FICE,, is a British civil engineer and project manager who was Global Leader for Programme and Project Management at Arup until 2013. She is a patron of Women into Science and Engineering (WISE), which she helped launch in 1984. From 2015 until 2023 she was a Trustee of the National Portrait Gallery, latterly as deputy chair of the Trustee Board, and she chaired the project board for the Inspiring People redevelopment which was completed on time for the gallery's reopening, after three years closure, in June 2023. In 2024 the project was short-listed for the RIBA Stirling prize.
Ambra Medda is a London based design consultant who is the co-founder and director of Design Miami. She also co-founded the design website L’ArcoBaleno and headed a department at Christie's auction house.
The Gallery Climate Coalition was established in 2020 to address the carbon footprint of the international art market. While non-profit organizations including the Tate have addressed climate change and art's impact thereon, this is thought to be the first action taken by the commercial art world.
Kanwar Amar Jit Singh is a British art and non-fungible token (NFT) dealer, women's rights and LGBTQ+ activist, and film producer. Singh is a member of the erstwhile Kapurthala royal family through his direct lineage to Raja Nihal Singh.
Rebecca Hossack, is an Australian-born London gallerist, who helped introduce Indigenous Australian art to a British audience. She is considered an expert on Aboriginal art, Australian Aboriginal culture and non-Western art traditions, who was the first to introduce many of the Aboriginal Australian artists to Europe, including Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. She also curates African Art and indigenous art from other countries such as Papua New Guinea.
