The new National Gallery director is...

January 19 2015

Image of The new National Gallery director is...

Picture: elcultural.es

... (my highly placed source tells me) Gabriele Finaldi, currently deputy director of the Prado. He used to be at the National Gallery before, when curator of later Italian and Spanish paintings. Congratulations!

Update - my scoop has been picked up by most papers, even in Spain. Remember, you read it here first!

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