Clare Lilley Explained

Clare Lilley is a British art curator and Director at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.^[1] She previously held the post of Director of Programme.^{[2] [3]}

Lilley graduated with a degree in the History of Art from Manchester University. Since 2012 she has 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 Advisory Committee of the Government Art Collection and the boards of Art UK, London, the George Rickey Foundation, New York and the Jupiter Artland Foundation, Edinburgh. She is a nominator for the Nasher Sculpture Prize and has been a judge for the Paul Hamlyn Foundation Visual Art Awards, the Kleinwort Hambros Emerging Artist Award and the Eden Project Pollinator Commission. She is the author of Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic in Contemporary Art, published by Phaidon.

Lilley has twice been cited on the Artylst Alt Power List.^{[11] [12]}

External links

• AN/Frieze Debate: Public Art; Who and What is it for? 16.10 2013
• YOOX.Com channel: Video Interview with Clare Lilley, Frieze Sculpture Park, 2012

Notes and References

1. News: Harris . Gareth . Clare Lilley is named Yorkshire Sculpture Park's director—only the second in its 45-year history . 6 January 2023 . The Art Newspaper . 19 January 2022.
2. News: Arts head: Clare Lilley, director of programme, Yorkshire Sculpture Park. 27 February 2013. The Guardian. 11 April 2022.
3. Web site: Clare Lilley of Yorkshire Sculpture Park on breaking through stubborn career doors in the arts . Womanthology.co.uk. 22 October 2014.
4. Web site: Frieze sculpture garden 2018 scatters 25 contemporary pieces in regent's park. Designboom.com. 14 July 2018.
5. Web site: See the Epic Sculptures Teasing Frieze London 2017. News.artnet.com. 4 July 2017.
6. Web site: Frieze Sculpture 2018: The highlights. Wallpaper.com. 4 July 2018.
7. Web site: Clare Lilley, Marcus Miller and Oliver Wainwright, the Monocle Weekly 470 - Radio. Monocle.com.
8. Web site: 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. News: William Turnbull's History Lesson. The New York Times. 10 June 2013. Sulcas. Roslyn.
10. Web site: Together. Jaume Plensa - Exhibition - Venice - Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore . Arte.it.
11. Web site: Alt Power 100 ArtLyst 2017 - Meet the Alternative Powerhouses. Artlyst.com.
12. Web site: Artlyst Power 100: 2014 Alternative Art Power List revealed. Artlyst.com.