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London’s Wallace Collection, Known for Old Masters and a Notorious Hirst Show, Appoints a New Director (ARTINFO)
ARTINFO - London's Wallace Collection, a storied repository of Old Masters that gained some notoriety for its recent show of Damien Hirst's critically-eviscerated paintings, has appointed a traditionalist curator Christoph Vogtherr to be its new director. Currently acting head of collections at the Wallace and its curator of pre-1800 paintings, Vogtherr will replace Rosalind Savill when she retires from the director's post this fall. "Having run a fully international competition, it is very satisfying to find the right balance of scholarship and leadership from within the Wallace Collection itself," John Ritblat, chair of the museum's board of trustees, said in a statement. View full post on Yahoo! News: Arts
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