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{{Infobox person
| name = Michael Brand
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|1|9}}
| birth_place = [[Canberra]], Australia
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Art historian and museum director
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'''Michael Brand''' (born 9 January 1958) is an art scholar from [[Australia]]. Throughout his career, Brand has specialised in the art of [[Asian art|Asia]], in particular [[Indian art]].

==Early life==
Brand was born in [[Canberra]], but spent several years in the [[United States]] while his father was a representative at the [[International Monetary Fund]]. He lived in [[McLean, Virginia]] in 1971 and 1972, and spent four years studying in [[Washington, D.C.]] to complete high school.

==Education==
Brand completed his [[undergraduate]] studies at the [[Australian National University]] in 1979, specialising in Art History and Asian Studies, and attained an [[Master's degree|MA]] and [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] at [[Harvard University]] in 1982 and 1987 respectively.

==Career==
After completing his studies, Brand worked as the founding head of Asian art at the [[National Gallery of Australia]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Names in the frame|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/08/1081326859197.html?from=storyrhs|access-date=2012-02-10|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=9 April 2004}}</ref> He left for the [[Queensland Art Gallery]] later that year, and spent four years working as assistant director. In 2000 he moved to [[Richmond, Virginia]] to succeed Katherine C. Lee as director of the [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]].

In August 2005 Brand was appointed director of the [[J. Paul Getty Museum]] in [[Los Angeles]], refuting speculation that he may have accepted the post of director of the [[Cleveland Museum of Art]], where he would once again have been following in Lee's footsteps.<ref>{{cite news|title=Big names for Cleveland job|url=http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/news/artnetnews2/artnetnews3-31-05.asp|access-date=2012-02-10|newspaper=Artnet.com|date=31 March 2005}}</ref> Brand took up the role of director in January 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Getty Museum Close to Naming Director|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/15/national/15getty.html|access-date=2012-02-10|newspaper=The New York Times|date=15 August 2005}}</ref>

In 2012, Brand was appointed ninth Director of the [[Art Gallery of New South Wales]], following the retirement of [[Edmund Capon]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Fortescue|first=Elizabeth|title=Australian Dr Michael Brand is the new director for the Art Gallery of NSW|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/australian-dr-michael-brand-is-the-new-director-for-the-art-gallery-of-nsw/story-e6freuy9-1226267499209|access-date=2012-02-10|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=10 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Daunted but ambitious, new Art Gallery head Michael Brand|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/02/10/3427778.htm|access-date=2012-02-10|newspaper=702 ABC Sydney|date=10 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Appoints Michael Brand as Director|url=http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/1aa/1aa575.htm|access-date=2012-02-10|newspaper=Virginia Museum of Fine Arts}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Musa, Helen and AP|title=Canberra scholar to head Getty museum|newspaper=Canberra Times|date=17 August 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Michael Brand named new director of Art Gallery of NSW|url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/02/michael-brand-named-new-director-of-art-gallery-of-nsw-.html|access-date=2012-02-11|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=10 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Westwood|first=Matthew|title=Gallery goes for Brand name|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/gallery-goes-for-brand-name/story-fn9d3avm-1226268218593|access-date=2012-02-11|newspaper=The Australian|date=11 February 2012}}</ref>

==Works==
* ''The Age of Angkor: treasures from the National Museum of Cambodia'', Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, c1992 {{ISBN|0642130906}}
* ''The Vision of Kings: art and experience in India'', Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, c1995 {{ISBN|0-500-97438-1}}

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite journal |author=Robb, Peter |author-link=Peter Robb (author) |date=Aug 2014 |title=Brand management : the peripatetic director of the Art Gallery of NSW |journal=The Monthly |volume=103 |pages=32–37 |url=https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2014/august/1406815200/peter-robb/art-gallery-nsw%E2%80%99s-michael-brand }}

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{{s-bef | before = [[Edmund Capon]]}}
{{s-ttl | title = [[Art Gallery of New South Wales|Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales]]
| years = 2011–present}}
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[[Category:Australian art historians]]
[[Category:Historians of Indian art]]
[[Category:Directors of museums in the United States]]
[[Category:Directors and Presidents of the Art Gallery of New South Wales]]
[[Category:People associated with the J. Paul Getty Museum]]
[[Category:Australian National University alumni]]
[[Category:Harvard University alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century German politicians]]

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