London V&A Names Dresden Museums’ Martin Roth as Director

London’s Victoria and Albert Museum today named Martin Roth as director starting Sept. 1, choosing a culture manager with 10 years’ experience of running Dresden’s extensive art collections and organizing international shows.

Roth, who is 56, takes over from Mark Jones, who has led the V&A since 2001 and is leaving to be master of St. Cross College at Oxford University. Roth is currently director general of Dresden’s State Art Collections, among the oldest and most important collections in the world.