J. Paul Getty Museum Appoints New Director February 14, 2012, 4:49 pm After more than two years of temporary leadership, the J. Paul Getty Museum has chosen Timothy Potts, a specialist in ancient art and a veteran museum hand, to be its new director. Mr. Potts has been the director of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, since 2008 and before that he ran the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Tex., for almost a decade, making a mark there with ambitious acquisitions and several well-regarded exhibitions. Born and raised in Australia, he began his career as director of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne. The Getty's previous director, Michael Brand, left unexpectedly in 2010, after what were reported to be disagreements with James N. Wood, who was then the president and chief executive of the Getty Trust, the umbrella organization that oversees the museum. The trust, which also includes a research institute, a conservation institute and a foundation, has often struggled with competing interests among its branches and the relationship of those branches" leaders to the leadership of the trust. The Getty's director before Mr. Brand also resigned after clashes with the trust's president at the time. The trust's current president and chief executive, James Cuno, said in a written statement that Mr. Potts, 53, "knows and believes in the values of the Getty Trust and the combined strengths of its four programs. I am confident that he brings the vision and experience that will move the Getty Museum forward on an international stage.