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Will Gompertz

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Gompertz at the 2024 Ealing Book Festival

William Edward Gompertz[1] (born 1965)[2] is an English journalist, author and art critic.

Family and education

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Gompertz is the son of general practitioner Hugh Gompertz OBE and a second cousin of Simon Gompertz, at one time personal finance correspondent for BBC News.[3] He is a relation of Benjamin, Isaac and Lewis Gompertz.[4] He was born in Tenterden, Kent, and attended Dulwich Preparatory School, in Cranbrook, Kent and then Bedford School. He was expelled from school aged 16 and left with no A-levels.[5]

Gompertz married teacher Kate Anderson, daughter of Sir Eric Anderson, in 1993 and they have three sons and one daughter.[6]

Career

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Gompertz was a director of Tate Media for seven years. He appeared in a show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009 called Double Art History.[7]

He was the BBC's arts editor from 2009 to 2021.[8] He became the Barbican Centre's Artistic Director from 1 June 2021.[9] He became Director of London's Sir John Soane's Museum from January 2024.[10]

Gompertz has written extensively for The Guardian and The Times newspapers. He is the author of What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye[11] and Think Like an Artist.[12]

References

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  1. ↑ "William Edward Gompertz". Financial Times. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "Think like an artist : . . . and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life". National Library Board Singapore. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Will Gompertz: "We're brought up to be intimidated by art" The Observer 25 July 2010 Retrieved 29 March 2011
  4. ↑ "Will Gompertz: Cancel culture is stifling the arts". Prospect Magazine. June 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  5. ↑ Law, Katie (15 July 2015). "Will Gompertz: "We are all artists. We just have to believe it". Evening Standard.
  6. ↑ Urwin, Rosamund (15 December 2023). "Will Gompertz: Stop dumbing down TV" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.
  7. ↑ BBC News hires Tate Media's Will Gompertz as arts editor The Guardian, 2 September 2009
  8. ↑ BBC News appoints Will Gompertz as first Arts Editor BBC Press Office, 28 August 2009
  9. ↑ "Barbican appoints Will Gompertz as new Director of Arts and Learning | Barbican". www.barbican.org.uk. 19 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  10. ↑ "Will Gompertz to take over as Director of the Sir John Soane's Museum". ianVisits. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  11. ↑ Lewis, Ben (9 September 2012). "What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye by Will Gompertz – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  12. ↑ Kampfner, John (19 July 2015). "Think Like an Artist review – where's the big picture?". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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