Kim Jones is the Artistic Director of Dior Menswear and previously of Fendi Womenswear and Couture. Born in London in 1979, Jones had a global upbringing and studied at Central Saint Martins, launching his own label in 2003 and working with top brands including Louis Vuitton. His visionary approach has redefined fashion across multiple houses.

Jones’ connection to Charleston began during a school trip. His collaborations include a Vogue photoshoot with Kate Moss for Fendi, and he transformed Charleston’s archive drawings into a Dior menswear collection for Paris Fashion Week 2023. A dedicated supporter of Charleston’s artistic programme, Jones designed costumes for ‘The Afternoon of a Faun’ for Charleston Festival 2024 and, most recently, curated a Bloomsbury Group exhibition in partnership with Sotheby’s.

Dr Darren Clarke is the Head of Collections and Research at Charleston. He has curated several exhibitions including Orlando at the present time (2018), Post-Impressionist Living: The Omega Workshops (2019), Duncan Grant 1920 (2021), Very Private (2023) and Collecting Modernism: Pablo Picasso to Winifred Nicholson (2024). Among his published works he has contributed the essay, Queer Bloomsbury (EUP, 2016), and edited and contributed to eight editions of the Charleston Press.

Frances Wilson is a biographer, critic, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her most recent book, Burning Man: The Ascent of D H Lawrence, won the Biographer's International Organisation’s Plutarch Award.

Jen brings a decade of experience to the Modern British & Irish Art team. She first started her career at Sotheby’s in 2014, spending three years in a Specialist role with the Modern British team, where she worked on high-profile sales including the Bowie/Collector sale in 2016, Vivien: The Collection of Vivien Leigh in 2017, and Daughter of History: Mary Soames and the Legacy of Churchill in 2014. After this, she spent six years as a Senior Specialist with the Modern British team at Bonhams, as Head of Sale for the Knightsbridge sales for four years, before joining the New Bond Street team where she spent two years. She has a particular interest in the art of St Ives, especially Barbara Hepworth and Peter Lanyon, and the Bloomsbury group.

During her time at Bonhams she gained extensive experience developing new and innovative sale contexts, and also working directly with artists in a number of capacities. This includes working directly with Sir Quentin Blake and The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration on a number of fundraising sales, which raised just under £800,000 for charity in four white-glove sales. She has conducted interviews with Sir Grayson Perry, Richard Ansett, Bob and Roberta Smith and Sophie Ryder, and initiated creative partnerships with artists including Yinka Ilori, Kelvin Okafor and Camille Walala, which included commissioning the mural Putting Things in Perspective.

Jen re-joined Sotheby’s in 2024 as a Director and Senior Specialist. She is also an auctioneer and holds a Masters degree in the History of Art from the University of St Andrews.