Tristram Hunt has been appointed as the new director of the V&A. The Labour MP and former Shadow Cabinet minister is to take up the role in the coming months, triggering a by-election in his parliamentary seat of Stoke-on-Trent Central.
The announcement will come as a surprise to many in the museum sector: senior curators and directors of other institutions had been tipped for the job.
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The V&A springs a surprise with Tristram Hunt
GettyImages-98474029 Tristram Hunt is to be the new director of the V&A. Tristram Hunt, director of the V&A. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
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Tristram Hunt has been appointed as the new director of the V&A. The Labour MP and former Shadow Cabinet minister is to take up the role in the coming months, triggering a by-election in his parliamentary seat of Stoke-on-Trent Central.
The announcement will come as a surprise to many in the museum sector: senior curators and directors of other institutions had been tipped for the job.
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