Ron Radford

Ronald Warwick Radford is an Australian curator, who was the director of the National Gallery of Australia (NGA) from 2004 until 2014. He was previously the Director of the Art Gallery of South Australia in Adelaide.

Early life and education Ronald Warwick Radford was born in Warragul, Victoria, Australia,

Career He was an education officer at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1971 and 1972. He was director of the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery from 1973 to 1980, a position previously held by the founding director of the NGA, James Mollison.

From 1980 to 1988 he was curator of European and Australian Paintings and Sculpture at the Art Gallery of South Australia. and 2004, he built up the collection of Australian art, particularly from the Colonial period, developed a strong holding in Asian art and expanded the Renaissance collection.

Radford was appointed director of the NGA in 2004,

He retired in September 2014. 2003: Member of the Order of Australia Recent Aboriginal Painting incorporating the Maude Vizard-Wholohan Prize Purchase Awards 1988, Art Gallery of South Australia (1988), Tom Roberts, Art Gallery of South Australia (1996) The William Bowmore Collection: The Fine Art of Giving, Art Gallery of South Australia (1999), Our Country: Australian Federation Landscapes 1900-1914, Art Gallery of South Australia (2001) 19th Century Australian Art - M.J.M. Carter Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia (1993),