London's Serpentine Galleries Names Yesomi Umolu Director of Cultural Affairs

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THE SERPENTINE GALLERIES in London has appointed Yesomi Umolu its director of cultural affairs and public practice. It's a new position at the institution, which is well-known for its yearly commission of the Serpentine Pavilion-a temporary structure designed by an architect who has never before built in the UK. A native Londoner who began her career at the Serpentine, Umolu spent the last five years in Chicago, as director and curator of exhibitions at the Logan arts center at the University of Chicago. In 2019, she left her mark as the artistic director of the third edition of the Chicago Architectural Biennial, cocurated with Sepake Angiama and Paulo Tavares.