BOMFORT NAMED ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR COLLECTIONS AT GETTY
MUSEUM NEWS
The Los Angeles Times reports that the Getty Museum has hired David Bomfort as associate director for collections, filling a key leadership post with a senior restorer of paintings who has been at the National Gallery in London since 1968. Bomfort, who begins April 23, 2007, will oversee the museum’s collections development, care, and installation, supervising six curatorial departments, four conservation departments, and the registrar’s office. He was a visiting scholar at the Getty in 2005.
