"Smith has "strategically grown Hepworth Wakefield's art collection, focusing on filling historic gaps"."
"Steve Langan, the chair of The Hepworth Wakefield Trust, says "[Colling and Smith] have proven success at fundraising and growing commercial income, are well networked locally and nationally, and are building the gallery's reputation internationally through our expanding touring programme.""
The Hepworth Wakefield has appointed Olivia Colling as executive director and Laura Smith as artistic director. Colling joined the gallery in 2015 as director of communications and development and has overseen the commercial income-generating arm and the development of capital projects post-pandemic; she was previously head of press and corporate communications at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Smith began at the gallery in 2022 as director of collection and exhibitions and has strategically grown the collection by filling historic gaps; she presented a Helen Chadwick retrospective in 2025 and will present a Mrinalini Mukherjee show from 23 May to 1 November. The appointments coincide with the gallery's 15th anniversary and new exhibitions, including Modern Art and Modern Life: Highlights from Wakefield's Modern British Collection opening in March. The gallery opened in 2011.
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