Beatrice Prutton

Beatrice Prutton is the Digital Communications and Creative Curator at “the UK’s most radical museum” (Guardian), the Sainsbury Centre.

Leading on social media, film projects and immersive digital experiences, Bea is a passionate advocate for museums and the importance of connecting with audiences through digital storytelling and interacting interventions.

With a master’s degree in Modern and Contemporary Writing, and digital curation experience within museums across the sector, Bea crafts engaging digital content both online and in-gallery that brings art to life and inspires audiences to explore, learn, and connect.

Bea thrives on collaborating with passionate museum professionals, thought-leaders, content creators and those with invaluable insights from lived experience, to share unique stories and perspectives through art.

Beatrice Prutton will be speaking at the Museum Digital Summit 2026 :

Living Art on Day Release

Day Release is not just a film project; it’s a radical act of liberation. The Sainsbury Centre freed artworks from the museum confines back into the world for a single, catalytic day.

Francis Bacon’s portrait of his lover revisits Soho to explore LGBTQIA+ identity; Henry Moore’s Mother and Child returns to his birthplace to examine social mobility and caring.

These scripted, dramatic short films present artworks as living characters, making them freely accessible online. By removing barriers of geography, cost and prior knowledge, Day Release brings the emotional power of world-class art to audiences who may never step inside a museum.