Age shall not weary them

The recent and upcoming shuffles of art gallery directors prompted us to chart how long these people stay in office. As you can see, it stretches from John Maynard’s lightning four years setting the tone for the Govett-Brewster to the unmatched reign of Bill Milbank at the Sarjeant in Wanganui. The average length of directorship in this sample is just under ten years.

15+ Years
Bill Milbank, Sarjeant Gallery (1978-04) 26 years
Stewart McLennan, National Art Gallery (1948-68) 20 years
Austin Davies, Suter Art Gallery 1976-94 18 years
Paula Savage, City Gallery (1991-) 17 years

10-14 Years
John Coley, Robert McDougall Art Gallery (1981-95) 14 years
Chris Saines, Auckland Art Gallery (1996-) 12 years
Luit Bieringa, National Art Gallery (1979-90) 10 years
William Baverstock, Robert McDougall Art Gallery (1958-68) 10 years
Pat Day, National Art Gallery (1968-78) 10 years

6-9 Years
Peter Tomory, Auckland Art Gallery (1956-64) 9 years
Les Lloyd, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (1971-80) 9 years
Brian Muir, McDougall Art Gallery (1969-78) 9 years
Frank Dickinson, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (1980-89) 9 years
Priscilla Pitts, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (1998-07) 9 years
Christopher Johnstone, Auckland Art Gallery (1990-95) 6 years

1-5 Years
David Millar, Dowse Art Gallery (1971-75) 5 years
Jim Barr (Bless him), Dowse Art Gallery (1976-81) 5 years
Ron O’Reilly, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (1977-79) 4 years
Cheryll Sotheran, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (1989-93) 4 years
John McCormack, Dunedin Public Art Gallery (1994-97) 4 years
John Maynard, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (1967-1971) 4 years
Teller Hirsh, Auckland Art Gallery (1972-74) 3 years

Congratulations to all those who participated.
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