Hyatt Regency London – The Churchill the Main Hotel Partner of the Frieze Art Fair which takes place in Regent’s Park. From 2009 to 2011 the hotel collaborated with corporate art project developers Candlestar Ltd., by hosting its contemporary painting, sculpture and photography exhibitions by UK and international artists, and graduates from Camberwell College of Arts, Chelsea College of Art & Design and Wimbledon College of Art. A further collaboration, begun in January 2012 with the Saatchi Gallery, produced three Saatchi exhibitions at the hotel. The first, 'One Giant Leap', featured a range of works from the Saatchi Gallery’s collection; the second, 'Making Waves' coincided with
David Thorp of George Bush's home state that won him the £25,000 Turner prize. Thorp was Curator of the annual Outdoor Sculpture Park for the Frieze Art Fair in London from 2005 to 2011, selecting and exhibiting up to twenty large outdoor sculptures from an international submission. From June 2009 to March 2011 Thorp oversaw a period of transition at the ICA, London. He became the Interim Head of Programme while the process of appointing a new Director was underway. As well as supervising the exhibition and cinema programme he reinstated Live Art as a central part of the ICA's activities. From