Ekow Eshun has been appointed curator of the 13th SITE SANTA FE International Biennial, opening in summer 2027 and on view through early 2028.

Ekow Eshun OBE is an internationally recognized curator, writer, and broadcaster. He made history as the first Black director of a major UK arts institution, serving as Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. As Chair of the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, he leads one of the world’s most high-profile public art commissions. He is also the curator of British Art Show 10, opening in September 2026.

Eshun’s appointment follows Cecilia Alemani’s critically acclaimed Once Within a Time, an expansive exhibition inspired by characters who inhabited, traversed, or left their mark on the Santa Fe region across the centuries. Building on this foundation, Eshun, as a London-based curator whose work spans multiple continents, will bring a global outlook to SITE SANTA FE. His Biennial will further expand the exhibition’s conceptual horizons, offering new ways of considering contemporary art’s role in shaping our understanding of identity, history, and possibility.

Final exhibition dates subject to change.