PITTSBURGH — The Frick Art & Historical Center in Pittsburgh has named a new director.

The museum says in a Wednesday release that Robin Nicholson will become director on September 2. Nicholson is currently a deputy director at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond.

Current Frick director Bill Bodine had previously announced plans to retire after 12 years in the position.

Nicholson, a 47-year-old native of Edinburgh, Scotland, was educated at Queen’s University in Canada and the University of Cambridge in England.