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Museum Directors

A vast open warehouse space with art installed within

With Art, This Museum Chronicles Centuries of Voluntary and Involuntary Journeys

Fenix's inaugural exhibition “All Directions” lives up to its name, presenting the ugly and the possible alike: the burdens of exile, the sacrifices of leaving, the gamble of chance.
By Sarah Moroz
An art gallery space with white walls and concrete floors displays six mixed-media works by Maria Lai, including sewn and sculptural wall pieces and a tall freestanding structure, all under a ceiling with rectangular skylights.

Paola Mura Reflects On the Material Universality of Artist Maria Lai’s Work

"What’s radical about Lai is how she internalized the conceptual innovations of her time but expressed them through textile, myth and silence rather than spectacle or theory."
By Dan Duray
A man in a dark blazer and white shirt stands smiling in front of a step-and-repeat backdrop that repeatedly says “The Art Show” in bold blue letters.

To Make an Exhibition, Make A Library: An Interview With the New Museum’s Massimiliano Gioni

"Books are a dying technology... a dead technology. My liking books and libraries probably has to do with preserving something that is bound to disappear."
By Thalia Stefaniuk
Two men and a women between them smash chocolate with tiny golden hammers

Ian Wardropper Takes a Bow: Inside the Frick Collection’s Reopening Gala

By Christa Terry
A portrait of a woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and blue eyes, wearing a white button-down shirt with the top buttons undone, standing in front of a bright window with a blurred cityscape in the background.

On Artists’ Potential to Change the World: An Interview With Aspen Art Museum Director Nicola Lees

By Dan Duray
A composite image features two photographs: the top half shows a bald man in glasses and a suit smiling in front of a contemporary art gallery with a large pink-toned artwork of Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper and another abstract piece in the background, while the bottom half showcases a modern art space with industrial design elements, including concrete columns, a high ceiling, and a large black-and-red artwork on the wall above a red couch.

Museum Director Mario R. Rossero On Andy Warhol, Community Engagement and Arts Education in Uncertain Times

By Dan Duray

Art World Comings and Goings: The Andy Warhol Museum’s New Director and More

By Christa Terry
A striking futuristic looking white building with lots of jutting spines and curved wings looms in front of a deep blue sky with a smattering of clouds

MAM’s Chief Experience Officer Is Recentering Santiago Calatrava’s Vision to Boost Museum Engagement

By Kristine Hansen
A woman stands in front of a gold-framed painting of a nude

Musée Rodin Director Amélie Simier On Partnering With Shanghai’s Centre d’Art Rodin

By Dan Duray
A man in a suit stands in front of a colorful wall

High Museum of Art Director Rand Suffolk Is Creating New Models of Audience Engagement

By Christa Terry
A woman wearing a blazer smiles for a portrait

Dr. Namhee Park On Video Conservation, Mass Media and Finding the Next Nam June Paik

By Dan Duray
Black and white photograph of woman wearing blazer

Cultural Comings and Goings: Eleanor Nairne Joins the Philadelphia Museum of Art and More

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
An eerie empty art museum with wrapped sculpture

When Nations Go to War, Museums Must Spring into Action

By Christa Terry
Art Basel 2023 - Day Four

Art World Comings and Goings: Gagosian’s New Director and More

By Christa Terry

Meet the New Art Museum Directors Building Connection Through Curated Experiences

By Flora Tsapovsky
Middle-aged woman in pink blazer speaks at podium.

National Museum of African Art Director Ngaire Blankenberg Quietly Resigns

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Two paintings hang on the wall, while a passerby looks at one of them

Major U.S. Museums Are Fighting to Prevent the Return of an Allegedly Stolen Van Gogh

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Adam Weinberg speaking at podium in suit, orange background

Whitney Museum Director Adam Weinberg Steps Down After 20 Years at the Helm

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Headshot of Frances Morris, green background

Tate Modern’s Director Frances Morris Will Step Down After Seven Years of Leading the Museum

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly
Old master paintings exhibited at the Orlando Museum of Art on red walls with wooden floors

Museum Director Responsible for Seized Basquiat Collection Has a Previous History of Discovering So-Called Lost Art

By Alexandra Tremayne-Pengelly

Women Leaders Take Over at Texas Art Institutions

By Osman Can Yerebakan

How U.S. Museums Are Preparing for Coronavirus

By Helen Holmes

Why Has Putin Recruited Two Museum Directors to Help Him Stay in Power?

By Helen Holmes

Met Museum Announces Yet Another White Male as New Director

By Jessica Holmes
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