Luke Syson
Luke Syson is an art expert and director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge since 2019 . He organized several art exhibitions and is an expert on Leonardo da Vinci paintings .
Life
From 1984 to 1986 he studied art history, art criticism and restoration at the Courtauld Institute of Art , which is part of the University of London , and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts .
In the course of his life he was a curator of various museums and organized several art exhibitions, for which he also published exhibition catalogs. From 1991 to 2001 he was the curator of the medals at the British Museum in London , during which time he helped launch the exhibition Enlightenment: Discovering the World in the Eighteenth Century . From 2003 to 2011 he worked at the National Gallery (London) as curator of Italian paintings from the period 1460–1500. There he organized the exhibitions Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan and Renaissance Siena: Art for a City. He was also co-curator of the exhibitions Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian and Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court . From 2012 to 2019 he was Chairman of the Iris & B. Gerald for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York . Since February 2019 he has been director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge .
He was a speaker at TED Talks in 2013 with the topic How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art .
Filmography
- 2014: National Gallery (film)
Works
Luke Syson is the author and co-author of various exhibition catalogs and books :
- Objects of Virtue: Art in Renaissance Italy. J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001, ISBN 978-0-89236-657-6
- Pisanello: Painter to the Renaissance Court. National Gallery Company Ltd, 2001, ISBN 978-1-85709-946-1
- Renaissance Siena: Art for a City . National Gallery Company Ltd, 2008, ISBN 978-1-85709-392-6
- Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan. National Gallery Company Ltd, 2011, ISBN 978-1-85709-491-6
- Leonardo Set: Catalog & Technical Bulletin - National Gallery London . National Gallery Company Ltd, 2011, ISBN 978-1-85709-542-5
- Renaissance Faces: Van Eyck to Titian . National Gallery Company Ltd, 2011, ISBN 978-1-85709-407-7
- Like Life - Sculpture, Color, and the Body. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018, ISBN 978-1-58839-644-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Fitzwilliam Museum announces appointment of new Director | The Fitzwilliam Museum. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ LinkedIn - Luke Syson. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ^ Luke Syson. In: World Science Festival. Retrieved January 19, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Geraldine Kendall Adams: Luke Syson appointed director of Fitzwilliam Museum | Museums Association. October 17, 2018, accessed on January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Alex Spencer: Luke Syson: new director of the Fitzwilliam on 'jaw-dropping' museum revamp. In: Cambridge Independent. October 14, 2019, accessed on January 19, 2020 .
- ^ Cordelia Jackson: Fitzwilliam Museum announces appointment of new director. October 16, 2018, accessed January 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Luke Syson: How I learned to stop worrying and love "useless" art. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
- ^ Luke Syson books and biography | Waterstones. Retrieved January 19, 2020 .
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| SURNAME | Syson, Luke |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English art expert and museum director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |