David Lillington is a critic and curator. In recent years he has researched, written about and curated art about death. He is a member of the ASDS (Association for the Study of Death and Society) and has presented papers at 16 Death studies conferences. In August 2025 he will speak at the conference Death Dying and Disposal in Utrecht, on monuments and their political aspect. He recently completed a long essay on Elizabeth Price, commissioned by the artist, for publication in 2025. He presented in German for the first time at the Transmortale conference at the Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel (The Theme of Lamentation in the Video Art of Elizabeth Price). In 2023-24 he was a regular guest lecturer on Sarah Staton’s Sculpture course at the RCA. He is working on a collection of the reviews and interviews he wrote for Metropolis M magazine (Netherlands) over 18 years (articles previously published only in Dutch).
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