“New Zealand-born, London-based collector Sigrid Kirk wears many hats. First, there is her eponymous art advisory, where she serves as cultural strategist and independent curator. Then there are the scores of institutions she’s involved with, including the Drawing Room, where she is a trustee, as well as the fairs Eye of the Collector and Glasgow International in the role of advisory board member.

In addition, each year Kirk and her husband collaborate with Te Tuhi gallery in Auckland to help fund an artist residency at Yorkshire Sculpture Park for Maori and Pacific Island artists. The couple are also patrons of Dundee Contemporary Arts and Fruitmarket Gallery in Scotland, as well as the London art spaces Gasworks, Studio Voltaire, Iniva, and Goldsmiths CCA.

On the curatorial front, Kirk recently selected the artworks for display in the tony members club Maison Estelle in Mayfair, as well as its sister club in the country, Estelle Manor. Before that, she curated the public art exhibition “Breath Is Invisible” to address issues of social inequality and injustice.

To top it off, Kirk helped organize Build Your Own Art World, the inaugural conference from the Association of Women in the Arts (AWITA), of which she’s a cofounder. The conference, hosted last week by Phillips London, brought together inspirational women working at a range of art organizations, from Frieze to Tate Britain, all dedicated to supporting the professional development of women in the visual arts.

All the while, Kirk has built a deeply personal collection of art. Recent acquisitions include works by Jesse Darling, Penny Goring, Misheck Masamvu, Grace Ndiritu, Sola Olulode, and Jane and Louise Wilson, from whom she purchased a video from their 2022 exhibition “The Toxic Camera” at Maureen Paley gallery.”

As written by Lee Carter for Artnet