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Emily Butler

Emily Butler is a freelance curator, writer and editor of over twenty international publications. She is also a PhD researcher in Curating at the University of Reading / OnCurating Academy, Berlin, on the topic of artists and curators as (mis)translators, as they work increasingly across borders, between languages, sign systems and cultures. 

Previously, she served as Program Chair at the Contemporary Arts Society in Vancouver (2024-25), Platform Talks Curator at Art Toronto (2024), and Conversations Curator at Art Basel (2021–2023). From 2010 to 2022, she was a curator at Whitechapel Gallery in London. She has also held roles in the Visual Arts team at the British Council, Antony Gormley Studio, and the Centre Pompidou. She contributes to international publications, and has been a visiting lecturer at Emily Carr University, Royal College of Art, OnCurating Academy and London Metropolitan University.

Emily co-curates our Conversations on Collecting International series.