Tate Liverpool Director Helen Legg Appointed to Lead Royal Academy of Arts

Tate Liverpool Director Helen Legg Appointed to Lead Royal Academy of Arts

Helen Legg, the current director of the Tate Liverpool, has been appointed as artistic director of the Royal Academy of Arts in London, the institution announced Wednesday. Legg will start in the role in June and will be responsible for the institution’s exhibitions, collection, and public programs. Her tenure at the Tate Liverpool began in 2018. Under her leadership, the museum underwent a $46 million renovation, closing in 2023 for a “reim…

Helen Legg appointed artistic director of Royal Academy

Helen Legg Helen Legg has been appointed as artistic director of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. She will start her new role in in June. Legg will join the Royal Academy from Tate Liverpool, where she has been director since 2018. Earlier in her career, she was a curator at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, from 2005 to 2010 then director of Spike Island, Bristol, from 2010 to 2018. She has also been part of selection committees for British and Scott…

Helen Legg appointed artistic director of London's Royal Academy of Arts

Currently director of Tate Liverpool, Legg will be responsible for the RA’s exhibitions, collection and public programme

Helen Legg Appointed Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts

Helen Legg, Director of Tate Liverpool, has been appointed Artistic Director of the Royal Academy of Arts, joining in June 2026.

Helen Legg Departs Tate, Joins Royal Academy as Artistic Director

The current director of Tate’s northern outpost will taken up her new role in London in June this year.