Elizabeth Peyton's painting of Cullinan, now the director of the British Museum, is now on permanent display at the gallery

The museum rescheduled a May lecture on Ancient Israel and Judah upon learning that a significant number of participants intended to disrupt the event

The new British Museum director revealed online that he commissioned the jaunty top especially

Leading museum directors, curators and artists give us their opinions on the massive event

Social media film puts new chief on the spot, highlighting his favourite object and guilty pleasure

Cullinan, currently the director of the National Portrait Gallery, faces an array of challenges in rebuilding the oldest national museum in the world’s reputation

NPG chief Nicholas Cullinan, Southbank’s Elaine Bedell and Nick Merriman of Horniman Museum all receive OBEs