Dr Caroline Campbell is Director of the National Gallery of Ireland. She is the first woman to hold this role. Previously, she was Director of Collections and Research at the National Gallery. A specialist in Italian Renaissance painting, her interests range from the Middle Ages to the contemporary world. During her time at the National Gallery, she curated the exhibitions ‘Mantegna and Bellini’, ‘Building the Picture’ and ‘Duccio | Caro’ among others. Her first book, ‘The Power of Art’, was published in 2023.

Dr Laura Llewellyn is Curator of Italian Paintings before 1500 at the National Gallery, London, where she was previously Associate Curator of Renaissance Paintings (2020‒23). Prior to this she was Assistant Curator in the Department of Paintings at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles (2016‒20). At the Getty, she curated the exhibitions 'Ercole de’ Roberti in Focus' (2019) and 'Paolo Veneziano: Art and Devotion in 14th-century Venice' (2021), organised in partnership with The Frick Collection. She received her PhD from the Courtauld in 2017. At the National Gallery she curated the exhibition 'Pesellino: A Renaissance Master Revealed' (December 2023 ‒ March 2024).