Anne Barlow, the Scottish director of the New York-based, non-profit exhibition space Art in General, has been appointed as the artistic director of Tate St Ives, more than a year after the departure of the previous incumbent Sam Thorne who was appointed as the director of Nottingham Contemporary late 2015.
Barlow takes up the post in spring 2017 when part of Tate St Ives, which has been closed for 18 months, re-opens with two exhibitions, The Studio and The Sea, in the existing gallery (31 March-3 September).
An extensive refurbishment and expansion programme is scheduled for completion autumn next year, with a new extension designed by Jamie Fobert Architects, which will house an extended exhibition space and a collection care suite. It also includes new learning and events spaces.
Barlow joined Art in General in 2007 where she has worked on the New Commissions programme—collaborating with artists such as Basim Magdy and Jill Magid—and the What Now? annual symposium. The latter explores “critical and timely issues in contemporary art and curatorial practice”, according to the organisation’s website. She also oversaw the relocation of the Art in General gallery earlier this year from downtown Manhattan to the Brooklyn neighbourhood of Dumbo.
Barlow was previously the curator of education and media programmes at the New Museum in New York, and the curator of contemporary art and design for Glasgow Museums. She was also the co-curator of the Latvian Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale in 2013.
