The V&A has paid tribute to its former director Martin Roth, who has died in Berlin, aged 62. Roth was the first German to head a major British museum, leaving the V&A in 2016 shortly after it won the museum of the year award. That victory meant that Roth, after five years in charge, could leave while the museum was on a high. V&A director's decision to quit hastened by Brexit vote Read moreHe died from cancer, diagnosed only weeks after he left the V&A. She said: “With the passing of Martin Roth, the German and international museum world has lost one of the most prominent but also polemical personalities.

Source: The Guardian August 07, 2017 10:04 UTC