Gabriele Finaldi
Gabriele Finaldi (born 1965)[1] is an Anglo-Italian art historian who has been announced as the next director of the National Gallery in London; he will take up the post on 17 August 2015.[2]
Born in London, he was educated at Dulwich College and the Courtauld Institute of Art; his doctoral research was on the Spanish Baroque painter Jusepe de Ribera.[3] From 1992 to 2002 he was Curator of Italian and Spanish Paintings at the National Gallery; he then became Deputy Director for Collections and Research of the Museo del Prado in Madrid.[4] At the Prado he was in charge of the project to build a new extension in 2007 and curated major exhibitions on Ribera (in 2011) and Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (in 2012).[5]
References
- ↑ "Finaldi, Gabriele", Enciclopedia online (in Spanish) (Museo Nacional del Prado), retrieved 18 March 2015
- ↑ Gabriele Finaldi appointed head of National Gallery, BBC, 18 March 2015, retrieved 18 March 2015
- ↑ Brown, Mark (18 August 2015), "National Gallery in London picks Prado deputy chief as new director", The Guardian, retrieved 18 March 2015
- ↑ Gabriele Finaldi announced as new Director of the National Gallery, National Gallery, 18 March 2015, retrieved 18 March 2015
- ↑ Dorment, Richard (18 March 2015), "Gabriele Finaldi: the perfect man for the National job", The Telegraph, retrieved 18 March 2015
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