Helen Legg, the director of Spike Island, Bristol, has been appointed the new director of Tate Liverpool. She will take up the position in the summer.
The Duchess of Cambridge has agreed to become the royal patron of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The Hepworth Wakefield has appointed the design critic Alice Rawsthorn as the new chair of the museum. Rawsthorn, a former director of London’s Design Museum, takes up the role this month when the gallery’s first chair, David Liddiment, steps down after seven years.
Lionel Barber has been appointed chairman of the board of trustees for Tate until 30 January 2021.
Cicely Robinson has begun her new role as the Brice Curator of Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village near Guildford, having left her position of assistant curator at the National Horseracing Museum in Cambridge. Robinson succeeds Nicholas Tromans, who after five years at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village, will join Christie’s Education.
The ss Great Britain Trust in Bristol has created two new roles. Nicola Grahamslaw has been appointed as the ship’s conservation engineer. And James Boyd joins as the Brunel history fellow in the Brunel Institute at the ss Great Britain, which houses important maritime collections and the National Brunel Collection. The five-year, fixed-term post of fellow is part-funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Northumberland-based company Arts&Heritage, which develops contemporary art projects with museums and heritage sites, has appointed Stephanie Allen as its executive director.
The Duchess of Cambridge has agreed to become the royal patron of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
The Hepworth Wakefield has appointed the design critic Alice Rawsthorn as the new chair of the museum. Rawsthorn, a former director of London’s Design Museum, takes up the role this month when the gallery’s first chair, David Liddiment, steps down after seven years.
Lionel Barber has been appointed chairman of the board of trustees for Tate until 30 January 2021.
Cicely Robinson has begun her new role as the Brice Curator of Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village near Guildford, having left her position of assistant curator at the National Horseracing Museum in Cambridge. Robinson succeeds Nicholas Tromans, who after five years at Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village, will join Christie’s Education.
The ss Great Britain Trust in Bristol has created two new roles. Nicola Grahamslaw has been appointed as the ship’s conservation engineer. And James Boyd joins as the Brunel history fellow in the Brunel Institute at the ss Great Britain, which houses important maritime collections and the National Brunel Collection. The five-year, fixed-term post of fellow is part-funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The Northumberland-based company Arts&Heritage, which develops contemporary art projects with museums and heritage sites, has appointed Stephanie Allen as its executive director.
