Derek Gillman

Derek Anthony Gillman (born 7 December 1952) was executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation from August 2006 to January 2014. In 2014 Gillman took up a position at Drexel University as a distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Art & Art History and the Museum Leadership graduate program, and is now distinguished teaching professor[1] and executive director, university collections and exhibitions.[2]

Derek Gillman (center) with George W. Bush and Laura Bush

Education

Gillman was educated at Clifton College, Magdalen College, Oxford (MA), and the University of East Anglia (LLM, 1996).[3] He is author of The Idea of Cultural Heritage (Cambridge University Press 2nd ed., 2010) and co-editor of The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War (Oxford University Press, 2022) [4]

Career

Gillman served as president and director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 2001 to 2006.[5]

References
  1. "Derek Gillman - Westphal College of Media Arts & Design". Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. "Derek Gillman". drexel.edu. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 2023-02-08.
  3. "The Man Who Would Move the Barnes". The New York Times. 28 March 2007. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
  4. The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War. Ethics, National Security, and the Rule of Law. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. 20 September 2022. ISBN 978-0-19-761056-5.
  5. ‘GILLMAN, Derek Anthony’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014


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