Ekow Eshun is Chairman of the Fourth Plinth, overseeing the foremost public art programme in the UK, and the former Director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. He is the curator of exhibitions including, the ongoing exhibition The Time is Always Now at the National Portrait Gallery in London, as well as In the Black Fantastic at the Hayward Gallery, London and author of books including Black Gold of the Sun, shortlisted for the Orwell prize, and Africa State of Mind, nominated for the Lucie Photo Book Prize.