Anthony Downey

Anthony Downey holds a Ph.D from Goldsmiths College and sits on the Editorial Board of Third Text, acts as a Consulting Editor for Open Space (Vienna), and edits Ibraaz, the latter a research forum on the Middle East and North Africa (www.ibraaz.org). In 2009, he was appointed external assessor for the revalidation of the Royal College of Art’s M.A. in Curating Contemporary Art and sat on the curatorial committee for Guest Projects in London. He is a trustee of the Maryam and Edward Eisler Foundation, an Advisory Committee member and Curatorial Advisor for the Art and Patronage Summit, sits on the Advisory Board of Counterpoints Arts, a forum on migration and the arts, and was recently appointed to be a judge on the Magic of Persia prize for contemporary art, to be held in Dubai in 2013.