Dame Julia Peyton-Jones DBE
Talk Art
Russell Tovey and Robert Diament c/o Independent Talent
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Russell and Robert meet Dame Julia Peyton-Jones DBE, legendary British curator and gallery director, currently Senior Global Director at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in London, Paris and Salzburg. She formerly worked as Co-Director of the Serpentine Gallery in London for 25 years – the number of visitors to the gallery increased six-fold to over a million people a year in her tenure.
We meet in her private Green Park office to discuss curating, painting, her passion for making her own artworks and wonderful advice for emerging artists! We explore more than 2 decades at the helm of @SerpentineUK, her close lasting friendship with Hans Ulrich Obrist, navigating fundraising challenges through the decades, her highlights of the legendary Serpentine Summer Parties (including Grace Jones), plus her more recent collaboration working with #ThaddaeusRopac’s artist roster and hear her fond memories of global icon, and #TalkArt’s forever HERO, Princess Diana!
During her directorship at the Serpentine, Dame Julia worked with 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. 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. 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 and many more.
Follow @Julia.PeytonJones on Instagram. Visit Thaddaeus Ropac's official website and follow their Instagram @ThaddaeusRopac. SAVE THE DATE!!! Robert & Russell will be joining Dame Julia for 'Tea with Julia' on Saturday 30th January 2021 at 11am on Instagram Live.
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| 0:57.0 | Good afternoon, the morning, good evening where you are in the world. I am Russell Tovey and I'm Robert Diamand. And this is Talk-Kart. Welcome to Talk-Art. How are you, Robert? I am feeling festive. Because I'm in the city I'm in London and even though the |
| 1:16.5 | pandemic's been happening London has this amazing magical buzz this time of |
| 1:20.9 | year and I've forgotten completely what it's like a because Margate has just |
| 1:25.0 | been like totally silent like I see nobody there's no one on the streets because this time |
| 1:29.5 | of year there's no tourists so it's just really really quiet and coming to London like the buzz on the streets and the |
| 1:34.7 | lights and just like the buzz would you find it overwhelming I love it I feel really excited to be here |
| 1:38.6 | and we're currently in the headquarters of an international gallery. |
| 1:43.0 | They have spaces all over the world, |
| 1:45.0 | but this is their London headquarters |
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