William Edward Gompertz (born 1965) is an English journalist, author and art critic.
Family and education Gompertz is the son of general practitioner Hugh Gompertz OBE and a second cousin of Simon Gompertz, at one time personal finance correspondent for BBC News.Will Gompertz: "We're brought up to be intimidated by art" The Observer 25 July 2010 Retrieved 29 March 2011 He is a relation of Benjamin, Isaac and Lewis Gompertz. He was born in Tenterden, Kent, and attended Dulwich Preparatory School, in Cranbrook, Kent and then Bedford School. He was expelled from school aged 16 and left with no A-levels.
Gompertz married teacher Kate Anderson, daughter of Sir Eric Anderson, in 1993 and they have three sons and one daughter.
Career Gompertz was a director of Tate Media for seven years. He appeared in a show at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2009 called Double Art History.BBC News hires Tate Media's Will Gompertz as arts editor The Guardian, 2 September 2009
He was the BBC's arts editor from 2009 to 2021.BBC News appoints Will Gompertz as first Arts Editor BBC Press Office, 28 August 2009 He became the Barbican Centre's Artistic Director from 1 June 2021. He became Director of London's Sir John Soane's Museum from January 2024.
Gompertz has written extensively for The Guardian and The Times newspapers. He is the author of What Are You Looking At?: 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye and Think Like an Artist.
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BBC blog