Serpentine Galleries Leadership: Peyton-Jones' 25-Year Tenure and Obrist's Global Curatorial Influence

Julia Peyton-Jones celebrates her 25th anniversary at the helm of London's Serpentine Galleries, which drew nearly one million visitors across its two locations in 2014. The gallery secures 85% of its £7 million revenue from private funding, and Peyton-Jones was named a finalist for the 2015 Veuve Clicquot Business Woman Award. She has been seen alongside Pharrell Williams at various Serpentine events. Meanwhile, co-director Hans-Ulrich Obrist has had a busy year, writing or co-writing around 17 books, including 'Ways of Curating,' which Hal Foster reviewed in the London Review of Books. His endeavors also include showcasing the 'Museum of the Future' in Doha, presenting '15 Rooms' in Shanghai, and winning the International Folkwang Prize in Essen. With 103,000 followers on Instagram, Obrist documents global collaborations through his Post-it notes project, featuring figures like Orhan Pamuk in Istanbul and Olafur Eliasson in Copenhagen. Foster refers to Obrist as a 'human aggregator,' with his interviews widely referenced in various publications.