Ekow Eshun (born 27 May 1968) is a Ghanaian - British writer, journalist, and broadcaster. Until November 2010 he was the artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, leaving before the end of his six month notice period. He is a contributor to BBC2's Friday night arts programme Newsnight Review and a former editor of Arena magazine. Eshun is also the editor-in-chief of Tank Magazine.