The British Museum has announced the appointment of Nicholas Cullinan, the current chief of the National Portrait Gallery, as its new director. This decision comes in the wake of the recent resignation of the previous director, Hartwig Fischer, following the revelation of over 1,800 missing artifacts believed to be stolen from the museum.
Mark Jones, the former head of the Victoria and Albert Museum, has been serving as the interim director since Fischer's departure. Cullinan, who has been leading the National Portrait Gallery since 2015, will take over the role in the summer.
