Cove Park names new chief executive officer

Cove Park’s new chief executive officer has been named as Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey.

She replaces Julian Forrester, who is retiring after being with the arts centre on the Rosneath Peninsula for 20 years.

A producer, curator and editor with a background in economics, management and cultural policy, Bertolotti-Bailey recently worked as acting head of programme at Cambridge University gallery Kettle’s Yard.

Since 2016 she has been co-directing The Serving Library, and she has also worked at  the Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Artissima in Turin and Fondazione Pirelli Hangar Bicocca in Milan.

“I am truly honoured to join Cove Park, an artists’ residency that I have long admired for the integrity of its vision and the impact of its activities,” she said.

“Its increasingly crucial role within the international cultural ecosystem is clear in the words of the many artists I know who have spent time in residence.

“Working with the extraordinary board and team, I look forward to expanding Cove Park’s commitment to individual and collective artistic practice, and to asserting the organisation as a progressive public asset.”

Eileen and Peter Jacobs, Cove Park’s founders and trustees, said: “We are very excited that Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey will be leading Cove Park into its next stage of development, and look forward with optimism to the evolution of the organisation over the next 20 years.”