Nicholas Cullinan

Nicholas Cullinan (born 1977) is an art historian and curator. On 6 January 2015, he was appointed the 12th director of the National Portrait Gallery in London,[1] a post he began several months later.[2]

Early life and education

Cullinan was born 1977 in Connecticut, United States, and raised in Yorkshire, England.[3] He received his BA, MA, and PhD in art history from The Courtauld Institute of Art in London. Between 2001 and 2003, while a student, he worked as a visitor services assistant at the National Portrait Gallery, where he was later appointed director in 2015.[4]

Career

From 2006 to 2007, he held the Hilla Rebay International Fellowship at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Peggy Guggenheim Collection.[2] From 2007 to 2013 he was curator of international modern art at Tate Modern.[1] He then joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as its curator of modern and contemporary art.[1] In 2014, he co-curated an exhibition of Henri Matisse's cut-outs at Tate Modern with Sir Nicholas Serota.[3] The exhibition attracted more than 500,000 visitors.[5]

References
  1. Pes, Javier (6 January 2015). "National Portrait Gallery lures Met curator back to London". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. "Dr Nicholas Cullinan appointed new director of the National Portrait Gallery, London". National Portrait Gallery. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. Brown, Mark (6 January 2015). "National Portrait Gallery appoints Nicholas Cullinan as director". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  4. "Dr Nicholas Cullinan returns to run National Portrait Gallery where he worked as student". London Evening Standard. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. Pickford, James (6 January 2015). "Nicholas Cullinan appointed director of National Portrait Gallery". Financial Times. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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