Victoria Siddall

Victoria Siddall (born 1977) is a British gallerist, and the director of the National Portrait Gallery in London. She was appointed in August 2024. She was inaugural director of the Frieze Masters art fair, and a co-founder of environmental campaign groups the Gallery Climate Coalition and Murmur.

Early life Siddall was born in 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and as her father was in the army, the family lived in several countries. She was educated at boarding school from the age of 8. the first woman to be appointed to the role in the gallery's 168-year history. She had been a trustee from July 2023 to August 2024. succeeding interim director Michael Elliott, who was appointed after Nicholas Cullinan left in June to become director of the British Museum.

Personal life Siddall lives in Lambeth in South London, with her long-term partner François Chantala and their daughter. Chantala is a gallerist from Limoges, France, and a director at Thomas Dane in London.