It suggests the increasing
international fluidity of jobs at the top — Chris Dercon is leaving for Berlin (and to direct not a museum but a
theatre company) while Penelope Curtis is bound for the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon.
Over the years, he has written about art, music and culture for
international magazines; he has contributed to research projects on cultural policy with institutions like the Council of Europe and the De Montfort University of Leicester; he has worked as a consultant for fashion and design
companies; and he has also organised concerts and DJ sets in clubs,
theatres and non-conventional spaces.