Stephen Deuchar to step down as Director of Art Fund in 2020 following charity`s `most successful decade`
(Artdaily.org)

Dr Stephen Deuchar announced today that he will be stepping down as director of Art Fund on 31 March 2020, after ten years in post. Previously he served as the first director of Tate Britain from 1998 to 2010 (for which he was made CBE), and before that was curator of paintings then exhibitions director at Royal Museums Greenwich (from 1985-1998). Since Dr Deuchar’s appointment in January 2010, Art Fund has doubled its membership, greatly increased its grant giving in range and volume, and radically extended its relationship with museums and their audiences across the UK. He said: “I have relished my time here, but after ten years I want to try new things, both in the culture sector (for example I have recently joined the board of the British Council) and beyond, and I look forward to these fresh opportunities immensely. I realise that as a