Keith Khan

Keith Khan (born 1963, Wimbledon) is an English artist, designer, performance artist and arts industry bureaucrat.[1] In 1996, together with Ali Zaidi, he co-founded the arts organisation Motiroti.[2][3]

Life

Khan studied Fine Art/ Sculpture at Middlesex University.[4] Until 2004, most of the artistic events with which Khan was directly involved were under Motiroti, which produced notable projects such as Flying costumes, Floating Tombs[3] (1991) which won the Time Out Dance and Performance Award; Queen's Golden Jubilee Commonwealth Celebrations[5] (2002) and Alladeen[6] (2004) which won the Village Voice OBIE Award Special Citation, co-produced by The Builders Association. Khan departed from Moti Roti in 2004 and has filled a number of senior executive positions since then, most notably, Head of Culture[7][8] and then Artistic Executive to the[9] 2012 Summer Olympics (2007 to 2009) and sitting on the panels of high-profile funding bodies, including the Wellcome Trust[10] and as a Council Member of the Arts Council of England.[11] Keith Khan is also a Member of the Advisory Panel of Art on the Underground[12] and was the Costume and 3D Designer for the Opening Ceremony for the Central and Opening Show at the Millennium Dome[13] (2000); Director of Design for the 2002 Commonwealth Games ceremonies under the direction of David Zolkwer. ; Chief Executive of Rich Mix[14] (2004 to 2007); Chair of Diversity Group for Creative Economy Programme Working Group[15] (2006) and has been a Member of the Commonwealth Group on Culture and Development since 2009.[16]

Controversy

Rich Mix – Khan resigned amid questions of leadership and cost controlling. Karen Bartlett wrote in The Times ""Keith was not a natural cost controller, but the board was also weak". Overstaffing, disputes between builders and architects with some funders temporarily withholding revenue in 2007 until a new business plan could be agreed. Khan did not want to comment on Rich Mix for this article."[14][17][18]

London 2012 – While in his role as Head of Culture, Khan was criticised by some commentators for being excessively "anti-elitist".[19] He was commended by others for trying to make the Arts more relevant to young people across the UK.[20] His departure in 2008 was greeted with relief by some in the press and concern by others. The response of Richard Brooks in The Times was "Thank goodness... Keith Khan, its artistic executive, is leaving.".[21]

Interviews

Talks

References
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  4. "Gloriously Impure « The Society of British Theatre Designers". Theatredesign.org.uk. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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  9. Charlotte Higgins (25 March 2009). "Charlotte Higgins: Could the Cultural Olympiad be turning in to another Millennium Dome? | Culture". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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  12. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  15. "[ARCHIVED CONTENT] New Experts To Drive Creative Business". Culture.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  16. Archived 12 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  17. "Home of the Daily and Sunday Express | UK News :: The fine art of wasting £1.1bn". Express.co.uk. 19 July 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  18. "Why have costly arts projects that were supposed to transform the country's cultural landscape flopped? – Features, Art". The Independent. UK. 11 February 2010. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  19. "Strike up the band for elitism". Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2010.
  20. "Building a new London Cultural Centre | Niki Gomez". Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  21. "The Times | UK News, World News and Opinion". The Times. UK. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  22. "Akademi's Frame By Frame Bollywood Symposium". YouTube. 23 September 2009. Archived from the original on 15 December 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  23. (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20080705154258/http://www.akademi.co.uk/download/NML_report.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 July 2008. Retrieved 9 March 2010. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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