Sally Tallant

Sally Tallant is the President and Executive Director of the Queens Museum, New York. Prior to this she was the Director of the Liverpool Biennial, where she delivered large-scale exhibitions and commissions. She also developed an interdisciplinary approach and has commissioned ambitious music and performance programmes including a new work by Michael Nyman in 2014. From 2001–11 she was Head of Programmes at the Serpentine Gallery, London where she was responsible for the development and delivery of an integrated programme of Exhibitions, Architecture, Education and Public Programmes. She has curated exhibitions in a wide range of contexts including the Hayward Gallery, Serpentine Gallery, Hospitals, Schools as well as public commissions. She has also curated performances, sound events, film programmes and conferences including initiating the Park Nights series in the Serpentine Gallery Pavilions and co-curating the Serpentine Gallery Marathon series with Hans Ulrich Obrist. She is a regular contributor to conferences nationally and internationally. She was Vice President of the International Biennial Association and a member of the London Regional Council for the Arts Council of England and a Trustee of Metal.