Chelsea Fringe , the alternative festival of gardens and gardening, will return for a ninth year in 2020. It’s eclectic mixture of public spectacles, horticultural happenings and community celebrations runs for nine days each May, with hundreds o

The landmark documentary series Why Do We Dance? aired on Sky Arts across Europe in April 2019 - an in-depth and up-close exploration of the motivations, provocations and stimulations that make the human race dance. Curated and presented by accl

Sky’s new virtual reality experience, Hold the World , launched in June, offering the unique opportunity of a one-on-one with the world’s foremost natural history broadcaster, Sir David Attenborough. The ground-breaking interactive experience is

Volker Bruch as Gereon Rath in Sky Atlantic's Babylon Berlin (Frédéric Batier/X Filme2017). One of the most lavish and extensive TV dramas yet made in Germany, this adaptation of a series of crime novels by Volker Kutscher is attracting critica

Light, strong, affordable and versatile, plywood was the unlikely material behind an array of groundbreaking designs celebrated in this world-first exhibition at the V&A. From the fastest and highest-flying aeroplane of WWII, the de Havilland Mo

Edward Ruscha's 1966 print Standard Station  is one of 200 works that were brought together for the British Museum's major spring exhibition for 2017,  The American Dream: from pop to present . It was the Museum's first headline show to

The exhibition Queer Talk: Homosexuality In Britten’s Britain profiled the life and creative output of Benjamin Britten, one of the twentieth century’s great composers, during the period of social change that led to the decriminalisation of homo

Leviathan is an ambitious and challenging project from artist Shezad Dawood that will unfold and travel to multiple international locations. Conceived as an episodic narrative, Leviathan consists of a ten-part film cycle and written fiction s

The BP exhibition Sunken cities: Egypt's lost worlds ,  at the British Museum from 19 May - 27 November, was one of the cultural highlights of 2016. The exhibition saw extraordinary objects recovered from beneath the seabed of Egypt's Abuki

The V&A's Europe 1600-1815 galleries reopened to the public in December 2015 after a four-year £12.5m renovation.

Luis Ignacio Rodriguez was a featured artist during 2015's edition of Deptford X , London's longest-running festival of contemporary visual art.

All of This Belongs to You  was at the V&A from April - July 2015.

Vote by Jeremy Deller, as seen on billboards across the UK in 2015 as part of Vote Art - an ongoing campaign to engage the UK electorate. Launched ahead of the UK general election in 2015, Vote Art saw artwork by four contemporary artists - Bob

Sculpture conservator Johanna Puisto cleans the V&A's cast of Michelangelo's David ahead of the reopening of the Weston Cast Court , November 2014.

Hello!

I am an independent advisor working with a range of clients across culture, media, charity, and the creative industries. Based in London, I give guidance on strategy, messaging, positioning, and help organisations revitalise their approach to communications or tackle specific challenges. I also write copy, facilitate workshops, and put together dedicated teams to deliver projects; often working in partnership with a network of specialist colleagues in the UK and worldwide.

Since summer ‘25, I have been acting as Global Head of Communications for Art Basel - the world’s premier global platform for contemporary and modern art. As well as leading the global team and the business’ external profile, I am focused on delivering campaigns for the new Art Basel Awards and the brand’s fifth global fair Art Basel Qatar.

Prior to this, I worked with the East Bank project, the Museum for the United Nations - UN Live, Sky Arts (on their relaunch as a free channel), Audience Agency, Art Fund, and Royal Armouries.

Over the past decade, I have supported an eclectic mix of clients and projects. They include the V&A, The British Museum, London Design Biennale, Britten Pears Foundation, Museum Mile, Handel & Hendrix, Peckham Platform, the RCA, and the Zayed National Museum. I have worked with public bodies such as the Arts & Humanities Research Council, content creators such as Factory 42, Channel 4, Cultureshock Media, and advocacy campaigns such as Vote Art.

Prior to launching my consultancy in 2013, I held senior roles at Channel 4, WWF-UK and Brunswick Arts. I have also served as a trustee for Street Child United and as a member of the advisory panel for Cymru yn Fenis/Wales at Venice.

Please do get in touch if there’s anything I can help you with.

benjamin@benjward.com
+44 (0) 7837 134 193

Consultancy in strategy and communications