Director of Irish National Gallery
Dr Caroline Campbell (1991, History) has been appointed as the new director of the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin. She will be the first female director in the museum鈥檚 history.
Since 2018, Dr Campbell has been the Director of Collections and Research at the National Gallery, London. Previously she worked as a curator at the Ashmolean Museum, the Courtauld Gallery and the National Gallery, where she was the Jacob Rothschild Head of the Curatorial Department.
Dr Campbell commented, “Building on Sean Rainbird鈥檚 achievements, I look forward to working with the Board and the Gallery鈥檚 staff on this world-class collection, making its riches available to as wide an audience as possible both in Ireland and internationally.”
Read a discussion between Dr Caroline Campbell (1991, History) and Dr Alexander (Xa) Sturgis (1982, History), Director of the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, in Univ鈥檚 magazine.
Photo: National Gallery of Ireland
Published: 28 September 2022