Will Gompertz, the artistic director of the Barbican and a former BBC arts editor, will be the director of the Sir John Soane’s Museum in central London in the new year.
The 57-year-old has been at the helm of the Barbican since 2021, after a long stint of reporting and commentating on the arts. As well as working for the BBC, he has written for the Guardian and the Times, and has written three books on art.
