The British Museum on Thursday appointed National Portrait Gallery chief Nicholas Cullinan as its new director, as the 265-year-old institution grapples with the apparent theft of hundreds of artifacts and growing international scrutiny of its collection. Previous director Hartwig Fischer resigned in August after the museum disclosed that more than 1,800 items were missing in an apparent case of insider theft. Many of the items had been offered for sale online.
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So, at just 46 years old, Nicholas Cullinan, hitherto the director of the National Portrait Gallery, has been appointed to take over at the crisis-beset British Museum. I thought something might be up when I messaged him about this earlier this year, and, unusually (typically, he’s charm incarnate), he didn’t reply. Perhaps he was still haggling over the small print, and hadn’t yet signed the contract.