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William Edward Gompertz (born 25 August 1965) was the
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's arts editor before moving to a position as the Barbican Centre’s Artistic Director from 1 June 2021. Gompertz attended
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, in
Cranbrook, Kent Cranbrook is a town in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst, in the Weald of Kent in South East England. It lies roughly half-way between Maidstone and Hastings, about southeast of central London. The smaller settlements of Sissing ...
. Gompertz was previously director of
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Media, and appeared in a show at the
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in 2009 called ''Double Art History''. Gompertz has written extensively for ''
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'' and ''
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'' 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''. He is the son of general practitioner Hugh Gompertz OBE and a second cousin of Simon Gompertz, the personal finance correspondent to BBC News.Will Gompertz: "We're brought up to be intimidated by art"
''The Observer'' 25 July 2010 Retrieved 29 March 2011 He was born in
Tenterden Tenterden is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. It stands on the edge of the remnant forest the Weald, overlooking the valley of the River Rother. It was a member of the Cinque Ports Confederation. Its riverside today is not ...
,
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, and attended Bedford School. He did not take any A-levels. Gompertz married Kate Anderson (daughter of Sir Eric Anderson) in 1993 and they have three sons and one daughter.


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Living people 1965 births People from Ashford, Kent BBC newsreaders and journalists British male journalists People educated at Bedford School English people of German descent British people of German descent British art critics {{UK-journalist-stub