Rebecca Wilson (curator)

Rebecca Wilson
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge; University College London
OccupationsArt curator and editor
SpouseGeoff Dyer

Rebecca Wilson is an art curator and editor, who is currently chief curator and vice president of Art Advisory at Saatchi Art.[1]

Biography

Wilson graduated in 1990 with a BA degree from the University of Cambridge and received her MA degree from University College London in 1991. She started her career in book and magazine publishing as publishing director of Weidenfeld & Nicolson publishing house and then became deputy editor of Modern Painters and editor of ArtReview.[2][3][4]

She joined Saatchi Gallery in 2006 as director and in 2013 became chief curator and directory of art advisory of Saatchi Art.[5][6] In 2007, Wilson created the "New Sensations" prize – an award for art students, to support emerging artists in the United Kingdom.[7]

Personal life

Wilson is married to English writer Geoff Dyer.[8][9]

Charles Saatchi lawsuit

In 2014, Charles Saatchi sued Wilson for alleged trading in his name after she moved from being director of Saatchi Gallery to her Saatchi Art position.[10][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Saatchi Art". saatchiart.com.
  2. ↑ "Rebecca Wilson | FreshPaintMagazine". freshpaintmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 15 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Grayling, A. C. (25 July 2013). Rebecca Wilson. Orion. ISBN 9781780226798. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  4. ↑ Lister, David (23 October 2011). "You say St James', I say St James's. We are in a muddle over apostrophe s". independent.co.uk.
  5. ↑ Dunn, Laura Emily (21 May 2015). "Women in Business Q&A: Rebecca Wilson, Chief Curator and Director, Art Advisory at Saatchi Art". HuffPost.
  6. ↑ Wagley, Catherine (5 March 2014). "Rebecca Wilson Hopes Her Online Gallery Saatchi Art Can Help Democratize the Art World". LA Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Interview with New Sensations Curator, Rebecca Wilson, London". Aesthetica. 4 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Writer Geoff Dyer on dangerous hitchhikers, his stroke & conventions of reading". New Zealand Listener.
  9. ↑ "My week: Geoff Dyer". The Guardian. 21 May 2006. Retrieved 9 July 2026.
  10. ↑ Harley, Nicola (12 December 2014). "Saatchi takes his former righthand woman to court". telegraph.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Charles Saatchi Sues Former Gallery Assistant Rebecca Wilson For Damages". artlyst.com. 13 April 2015.
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