News – Ralph Rugoff Takes Up Hayward Gallery Directorship – London

The South Bank Centre has announced that Ralph Rugoff is to become the Director of the Hayward Gallery. His post as head honcho begins on the 1st May and sees an end to his previous position at the CCA Watts Institute for Contemporary Arts in San Francisco. Rugoff’s credentials are impressive. He’s served as curatorial advisor at the Sydney Biennale, as curatorial correspondent at the Turin Triennale, founded the Curatorial Practice Program at the California College of the Arts and was awarded the Katherine Ordway prize in 2005. On top of all this, Rugoff has arranged various shows, which include artists like Turner Prize winner Jeremy Deller and sculptor Mike Kelley.