Helen Legg

Helen Legg is the Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London where she is responsible for the Academy’s exhibitions, collections and public programming. Previous to this she was the Director of Tate Liverpool from 2018-2026 where she oversaw high profile international exhibitions and commissions, alongside the transformation of the gallery’s Grade 1-listed building, which will reopen in 2027. She was the director of Spike Island in Bristol from 2010 to 2018 and the curator at Ikon Gallery from 2005 to 2010.

As a curator Helen has worked extensively with many different artists and participated in selection committees for both British and Scottish representation at the Venice Biennale and has also been a judge for the Turner Prize, the Contemporary Art Society’s Museums Award, the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture, the Jerwood Drawing Prize and the Paul Hamlyn Artist’s Awards.