Julia Peyton-Jones Email & Phone Number

Dame Julia Peyton-Jones served as Lead Director of the Serpentine Galleries in London for 25 years, transforming them into an internationally acclaimed visual arts, architecture and design institution, for which she was awarded a DBE in recognition of her service in 2016.During her directorship at the Serpentine, Dame Julia worked with many of the world’s leading artists, ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS on ground-breaking exhibitions, education and public projects. In 2000, she initiated the Serpentine’s innovative architecture programme by commissioning a renowned architect to design a pavilion, constructed next to the Gallery each summer. In addition to focusing on fundraising, masterminding the influential and prestigious Summer Party – the number of visitors to the gallery increased six-fold to over a million people a year in her tenure.Currently, as Senior Global Director of Special Projects at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Dame Julia specializes in International Contemporary Art focusing on the creative development of the Gallery. In her global ambassadorial role she works closely with the Gallery’s international roster of artists and renowned artist estates, alongside Thaddaeus Ropac and his team of over 100 in five locations in Salzburg, Paris and London.Awarded an OBE in 2003 for services to art, she is currently Visiting Professor in the School of Arts and Humanities at the Royal College of Art in London, teaching across all departments as well as consultant and creative advisor to the Triennale Di Milano.Dame Julia serves on several boards, including The Courtauld Institute of Art, UK, Fundación de Arquitectura Fragil, Chile and the Naomi Milgrom Foundation, Australia. She has received numerous awards and recognition throughout her career, and is a much sought-after speaker on art, architecture and creative leadership worldwide, including at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. She participates regularly on international advisory committees, panels and juries.

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