19 July 2007
The Prime Minister has re-appointed Dr Richard Dorment and Sir Timothy Clifford as Trustees of the Wallace Collection for a further four years, from 15 July and 8 August 2007, respectively.
Biographical Details
Dr Dorment is the art critic for The Daily Telegraph, and a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books. He has been a guest curator of exhibitions including "Alfred Gilbert - Sculptor and Goldsmith" at the Royal Academy in 1985-86, and "James McNeill Whistler" at the Tate Gallery, Musée d’Orsay and National Gallery of Art in Washington DC from 1994 to 1995. He was a member of the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art from 1996 to 2002, and of the Advisory Committee of the Government Art Collection from 1996 to 2005. He has been a Trustee of the Watts Gallery since 1996. He is the author of a number of books on individual artists and art history.
Sir Timothy Clifford was the Director General of the National Galleries of Scotland from 2001 to 2006, having been its Director from 1984 to 2000. In 2005 he received the Garrett Award for outstanding achievement in the encouragement of business support for the arts. He began his career in the Department of Paintings at Manchester City Art Galleries, moving in 1972 to the Department of Ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and in 1976 to the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum. In 1978 he returned to Manchester City Art Galleries as its Director until 1984. He is Vice-President of the Turner Society, a member of the Advisory Council of the Friends of the Courtauld Institute, and a Trustee of the Attingham Summer School and of The American Friends of the National Galleries of Scotland. He is a Liveryman of the Goldsmiths Company. He was President of The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) from 1996 to 2006 and a Trustee of the H.M. Yacht Britannia.
Notes to Editors
The Wallace Collection is both a national museum and one of the finest collections of art assembled by one family. It was bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace in 1897, and opened to the public just over three years later on 22 June 1900. Among its treasures are one of the best collections of French 18th-century pictures, porcelain and furniture in the world; a remarkable array of 17th century paintings; and an armoury.
Trustees are not remunerated, and are appointed by the Prime Minister on the advice of DCMS Ministers.
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