It is with both pride and sadness that we announce the departure of Clare Gough, Director of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, as she takes on an exciting new role as Director of the Garfield Weston Foundation. Clare will step down from her role at Pitzhanger in April 2025. While we will greatly miss her leadership, we are immensely grateful for her contributions over the past eight years.

Appointed as Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery Trust’s founding director in 2016, Clare led the ambitious restoration project that returned the manor to Sir John Soane’s original designs, culminating in its reopening in 2019. Under her guidance, Pitzhanger has flourished as a cultural landmark in Ealing and London, presenting an acclaimed programme of exhibitions featuring artists such as Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie, Rana Begum and Grayson Perry. She steered the organisation through the challenges of COVID-19 closures and reopenings, oversaw the creation of the RIBA Award-winning Pitzhanger Hub in 2022, welcomed His Majesty The King in 2023, and hosted the BBC Antiques Roadshow in 2024. Pitzhanger’s crucial learning & community outreach programme now engages over 15,000 participants each year, and runs a vibrant programme of schools visits with a particular focus on schools based locally in Southall and Greenford. It is fitting that this week we officially broke our visitor record, with over 60,000 visitors coming to Pitzhanger in 2024/25 to see our exhibitions, take part in our programmes, and explore our Soanian heritage.

Through it all, Clare’s passion and leadership have shaped Pitzhanger into a space for discovery, creativity, and community. We extend our deepest thanks for her dedication and wish her every success in this exciting new chapter.