Ekow Eshun is a writer and curator. He is Chairman of the Fourth Plinth, overseeing Britain’s foremost public art programme, and the former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Described by Vogue as “the most inspired-and inspiring-curator in Britain”, he has staged acclaimed exhibitions internationally - including The Time is Always Now, currently on show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art - and was awarded the Association for Art History’s Curatorial Prize 2023.
Hailed by the Guardian as ‘a cultural polymath’, he was the first Black editor of a major magazine in the UK and is a contributor to publications including Vogue, the New York Times, Financial Times and the Guardian. He has created documentaries for BBC TV and radio and is the author of books including Black Gold of the Sun, shortlisted for the Orwell prize, and The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them, which is out now.