Sandy Nairne
Alexander Robert Nairne CBE FSA (born 8 June 1953) is a British art historian and curator. From 2002 until February 2015 he was the director of the National Portrait Gallery, London.[1]
Life and career
[edit]Nairne was responsible for the successful recovery of two late J. M. W. Turner paintings, stolen in Germany in 1994, and put back on display at Tate Britain in early 2003.[2] He negotiated secretly for 8 years on behalf of the Tate to get the two paintings back. His experience is chronicled in his 2011 book, Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners.[3][4]
Nairne became Director of the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2002.[5] On 12 June 2014 he announced his resignation which took effect in early 2015.[6] He was succeeded by Nicholas Cullinan.[7]
He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to the arts.[8][9]
Nairne was among those appointed on 29 January 2015 to the Bank of England's Banknote Character Advisory Committee, whose first task would be to decide who should appear on the next £20 banknote.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ Jeremy Musson (17 April 2008). "Interview: Sandy Nairne". Country Life. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 23 December 2010.
- ^ Koch, Egmont R; Svensson, Nina (8 November 2005). "How the Tate found its Turners". BBC News. Archived from the original on 12 January 2009. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Bailey, Martin (9 August 2011). "My life as an undercover negotiator". The Art Newspaper. No. 226.
- ^ Nairne, Sandy (2011). Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners. Clerkenwell, London: Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1780230207.
- ^ "Sandy Nairne Appointed Director of the NPG". Culture24. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ Maev Kennedy (12 June 2014). "National Portrait Gallery director Sandy Nairne to leave job early next year". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
- ^ "Dr Nicholas Cullinan returns to run National Portrait Gallery where he worked as student". London Evening Standard. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
- ^ "No. 59808". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 June 2011. p. 8.
- ^ "Main list of the 2011 Queen's birthday honours recipients" (PDF). BBC News UK. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
- ^ "Membership of the Banknote Character Advisory Committee". Bank of England. Retrieved 6 June 2015.
External links
[edit]- "Wikipedia under the microscope over accuracy", The Independent, archived from the original on 19 June 2006
- Portrait of Nairne by Tom Miller in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, National Portrait Gallery
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