New Director at the National Gallery
3 December 2007
Dr Nicholas Penny has been announced as the new Director of the National Gallery. His appointment by the Board of Trustees was approved by the Prime Minister.
Nicholas Penny worked at the Gallery between 1990 and 2000 as Clore Curator of Renaissance Painting. Since 2000 he has been Senior Curator of Sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Welcoming his appointment, Peter Scott, Chairman of the Trustees of the National Gallery, said:
“The Board is delighted to be able to appoint Dr Nicholas Penny as the next Director of The National Gallery. A distinguished scholar, he will provide focused and inspirational leadership and will communicate passionately his vision for the Gallery and its great collection.”
Nicholas Penny said:
“It is an honour to be invited by the Trustees to return to the National Gallery as its Director. Few institutions enjoy such popular affection within Britain or such esteem abroad.
I consider it a duty to maintain that affection and esteem but hope to extend and deepen the ways in which the Gallery serves its public and the great art within its care. I am looking forward to working with the staff of the Gallery and its Board of Trustees to achieve this.”
The Gallery hopes that Dr Penny will be able to take up his appointment in February 2008.
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