Derek Gillman Explained

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 a distinguished teaching professor^[1] and executive director of university collections and exhibitions.^[2]

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) https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/archaeology/archaeology-general-interest/idea-cultural-heritage-2nd-edition?format=HB&isbn=9780521192552 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]

Notes and References

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