American arts administrator Bettina Korek has been appointed CEO of London's Serpentine Galleries following Yana Peel's resignation earlier this year.
Korek, who is currently executive director of Frieze Los Angeles, will move to the UK capital to take up the position in March 2020.
She succeeds Peel, who resigned in June after three years in the job, citing "toxic personal attacks" relating to her involvement with an Israeli cybertech firm.
Korek to lead anniversary events
As incoming CEO, Korek will work alongside the gallery's creative director, Hans Ulrich Obrist, to lead a programme of events that celebrate the Serpentine's 50th anniversary next year.
"This is the only opportunity that could inspire me to leave Los Angeles," said Korek. "Some of the most compelling qualities of LA as a city are embodied by the Serpentine as an institution: intrepid innovation, fluidity across disciplines, an irrepressible preoccupation with the future," she continued.
"I am thrilled to begin this endeavour and to continue to cultivate creative and philanthropic synergy between London, the US and the rest of the world."
Korek founded ForYourArt initiative
Korek has more than 15 years experience in the arts. Prior to her role as the inaugural executive director of Frieze Los Angeles, which launched in February this year, she founded and ran the ForYourArt initiative.
Founded in 2006, ForYourArt helps artists get their projects off the ground, and...