New Directors for everybody!
The NYTimes reports that The Museum of Modern Art has finally found a successor to John Elderfield, chief curator of sculpture and painting:
[Ann] Temkin assumes the curatorial post, considered the most prestigious in the field of Modern art, as MoMA gears up for its second growth spurt in less than a decade[…]
In addition to the display of paintings and sculptures, Ms. Temkin’s top responsibilities will include planning special exhibitions and advising the museum on acquisitions.
Taking a scholarly, universal look at modern and contemporary art, Ms. Temkin is expected to reorganise the collection into the new 50,000 square-foot gallery space in the coming Jean Nouvel extension. Also reported is “[t]he Modern’s next hiring challenge” to replace Alanna Heiss, “founding director of its P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center in Queens, who retires at the end of the year.”
Further uptown, the Guggenheim has confirmed that Richard Armstrong, whom stepped down from the Carnegie Museum of Art in June, will be the likely replacement for Thomas R. Krens. Finally setting aside the torrid, final spasms of a Late Modernist-style ego run amok, Armstrong represents “a calmer, steadier presence,” according to Guggenheim insiders that spoke to the Times. The museum is about to hit middle age, so maybe it is time to take things seriously with the man who helped curate the ‘87, ‘89, and ‘91 Whitney Biennials, respectively referred to as, “somewhat quieter and more contemplative;” “bland, middle-of-the-road;” and finally, “eager to please.”
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