EKOW ESHUN

Chairman, Fourth Plinth

Ekow Eshun is a writer, curator and the chairman of the Fourth Plinth, overseeing Britain's foremost public art programme. Previously, Eshun was the director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. He has staged exhibitions internationally, including The Time is Always Now, currently on show at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Eshun was awarded the Association for Art History’s Curatorial Prize in 2023. Eshun was the first Black editor of a major magazine in the UK when he led Arena magazine. He is a regular 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, which was shortlisted for the Orwell prize, and The Strangers: Five Extraordinary Black Men and the Worlds That Made Them.