Preacher: Mr Sandy Nairne, Writer, formerly Director of the National Portrait Gallery

Sandy Nairne is a writer and curator based in London, and until recently was Director of the National Portrait Gallery. He has previously worked at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Arts Council and at Tate. His publications include State of the Art, 1987, the anthology Thinking about Exhibitions, 1996, and more recently The 21st Century Portrait and Art Theft and the Case of the Stolen Turners. He chaired the National Museum Directors’ Conference Working Group on Cultural Diversity, and is currently Chair of the Fabric Advisory Committee at St Paul’s Cathedral, the Art Advisory Committee for Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres and the Board of the Clore Cultural Leadership Programme.