Robert Nicholas Cullinan OBE (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]

Cullinan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to art.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Pes, Javier (6 January 2015). "National Portrait Gallery lures Met curator back to London". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Dr Nicholas Cullinan appointed new director of the National Portrait Gallery, London". National Portrait Gallery. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 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.
  6. ↑ "No. 64269". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 2023. p. N12.
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