Daniel Slater

Daniel Slater is an art historian and curator based in London, currently serving as Head of Exhibitions at the Victoria and Albert Museum. From 2013 to 2016, Slater was Senior Exhibitions Manager when he curated and coordinated the international tour of David Bowie is…, a ground-breaking exhibition celebrating one of the most influential artists in music, film and video, fashion and performance, and seen by over one million people worldwide.

In early 2019, Slater co-curated Objects of Wonder. British Sculpture from the Tate Collections 1950s – Present as part of his role as Head of International Collections Exhibitions at the Tate, where he led touring exhibition programs in collaboration with organisations all over the world. His most recent project, Pandemic Objects, is an editorial project and collection campaign that compiles and reflects on material culture that has taken on new meaning and purpose during the coronavirus outbreak.

Lisa Slade

Dr Lisa Slade is Assistant Director, Artistic Programs at the Art Gallery of South Australia. Her recent curatorial projects include Quilty, a national touring exhibition that surveyed the work of Australian artist Ben Quilty; John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new, a retrospective of Australia’s premier bark painter; the 2016 Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art: Magic Object; and Sappers & Shrapnel: contemporary art and the art of the trenches. Several of these curatorial projects have been informed by her PhD research into Kunst and Wunderkammern culture, colonial collecting and contemporary art.