Neil McGregor (born June 16, 1946 in Glasgow , Scotland [1] ) is a British art historian, art historian, journalist. Chairman of the International Advisory Council of the State Hermitage [2] , chairman of the Advisory Council for the Development of the Humboldt Forum under the Minister of Culture of Germany [3] . In 2002—2015. - Director of the British Museum , in 1987-2002. - Director of the National Gallery in London .
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Education and career
Neil McGregor graduated from Oxford University , specializing in French and German culture, and the Graduate School in Paris with a diploma in philosophy. Subsequently, he worked as a lawyer for several years, and then entered the Curto Institute to study art history. McGregor's mentor was Anthony Blunt , an outstanding scientist, later exposed by a Soviet spy [4] .
In 1987-2002 - Director of the National Gallery in London . He became the only director of the National Gallery, abandoned the title of knight [5] . In 2002—2015. Neil McGregor is director of the British Museum . Under his leadership, the British Museum became an active conductor of British "cultural diplomacy", organizing cross-exhibitions and rental of exhibits from its collection for museums from countries that have difficult relations with the UK: for example, in 2014, against the background of sanctions imposed by the UK against Russia , The British Museum donated a statue of Ilyssos to organize an exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum [6] , previously the museum collaborated with cultural institutions in Iran and China [7] . Responding to criticism addressed to the British Museum in connection with cooperation with the Hermitage at the time of the exacerbation of interstate relations, Neil Macregore said:
“The colder the relations between countries, the more important the cooperation of museums becomes ... [8] The British Museum and the Hermitage are almost twin brothers. The Hermitage opened five years later than we did, and both institutions were originally conceived as museums of the European Enlightenment. Nothing illustrates our understanding that the British Museum is a world heritage museum, open to the whole world, better than this project ” [9] .
Attendance of the British Museum during the work of McGregor increased from 4.6 million in 2002-2003. up to 6.7 million people a year in 2014-2015 [3] .
After the resignation of the director of the British Museum, McGregor headed the Advisory Council under the Minister of Culture of Germany on the development of the Humboldt Forum [3] .
Publications
- World History in a Hundred Subjects [10] (2011, Russian translation published in 2012)
- Germany Memories of a Nation (2014) [11] .
Rewards
- Order of Merit , United Kingdom (2010) [12]
- Officer of the Order of Australia (2013) [13]
- Order of Merit to the Federal Republic of Germany (2015) [14] [15]
- Goethe Medal (2015) [14]
Notes
- ↑ Neil MacGregor: The director of the British Museum is acclaimed and (Eng. January 9, 2015). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ State Hermitage Museum. International Advisory Board .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Neil MacGregor to step down . British Museum. Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Erlanger, Steven . British Museum's Director Follows a Fascination to Germany , The New York Times (October 16, 2015). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Charlotte Higgins. Neil MacGregor deserves an order of merit for turning down a knighthood . the Guardian (November 16, 2010). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Greece was outraged by the transfer of the statue from the Parthenon to the Hermitage - BBC Russian Service . Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ MacGregor, Neil . The Diary: Neil MacGregor , Financial Times (January 17, 2009). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ John Wilson. On the road with Neil MacGregor, the man who uses culture to win friends . the Guardian (December 7, 2014). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Loan of a Parthenon sculpture to the Hermitage: a marble ambassador of a European ideal (Link not available) . British Museum blog (December 5, 2014). Date of treatment July 7, 2016. Archived on June 4, 2016.
- ↑ World History in 100 Items - Books - Poster (Unavailable link) . www.afisha.ru. Date of treatment July 6, 2016. Archived on October 28, 2013.
- ↑ David Blackbourn. Germany: Memories of a Nation by Neil MacGregor review - bold, fluent and sharply intelligent . the Guardian (December 23, 2014). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ connie.fisher. Mr Neil MacGregor appointed to the Order of Merit (November 4, 2010). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Museum Pieces . blogs.fco.gov.uk. Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com). Briton Neil McGregor experiencing a stormy romance with Germany | Art and literature, music and cinema from Germany | DW.COM | 06/16/2015 . DW.COM. Date of treatment July 6, 2016.
- ↑ Charlotte Higgins. British Museum's director receives a Teutonic lovebombing | Charlotte Higgins . the Guardian (January 22, 2015). Date of treatment July 6, 2016.