Derek Gillman

Derek Anthony Gillman (born 7 December 1952) was executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation from August 2006 to January 2014. In 2014, Gillman took up a position at Drexel University as a distinguished visiting professor in the Department of Art & Art History and the Museum Leadership graduate program, and is now a distinguished teaching professor and executive director of university collections and exhibitions.

Education Gillman was educated at Clifton College, Magdalen College, Oxford (MA), and the University of East Anglia (LLM, 1996). He is author of The Idea of Cultural Heritage: A Liberal Perspective (Cambridge University Press, rev 3rd ed., 2026) and co-editor of The Preservation of Art and Culture in Times of War (Oxford University Press, 2022)

Career Gillman served as president and director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 2001 to 2006.