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Museum Directors

An overhead exterior photo shows a crowd gathered outside the MOCAD building for an event, with speakers, chairs and the museum’s entrance visible.

MOCAD’s Co-Directors On What a Museum Owes a Changing City

"Meaningful cultural work doesn't happen in isolation—it's built through listening, collaboration, adaptability and trust," artistic director Jova Lynn told Observer.
By Brianna J. Heath
An image of a man in blue in the foreground with a museum at dusk in the background

Séamus Kealy On Returning to Ireland, Artist-Centered Institutions and What the RHA Could Become

The Royal Hibernian Academy's new director studied under Jeff Wall, directed the Salzburger Kunstverein for nine years and never stopped painting.
By Dan Duray
An installation view shows a shiny, brightly colored sculpture of oversized metallic balloon-like flowers displayed in a white museum gallery.

The Crisis of the Museum Is the Crisis of the White Cube

The white cube created an environment of concentration and contemplation that reinforced the idea of art as an autonomous sphere separated from everyday life, but what was once its greatest strength has become its greatest weakness.
By Paco Barragán
An exterior photograph shows a white museum building with red-framed glass doors, a paved entrance courtyard, outdoor seating and surrounding trees in late-afternoon light.

The Aldrich’s First Decennial Takes Stock of Contemporary Art in Connecticut

By Dan Duray
A wide aerial view of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas, showing the museum’s modern buildings with curved roofs, illuminated from within, surrounded by wooded landscape and reflecting ponds at dusk. The campus pathways and bridges connecting structures are visible, emphasizing the integration of architecture, art, and nature.

An Art Lover’s Guide to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (and Its Expansion)

By Elisa Carollo
A woman wearing black stands with her hands in her pockets in an empty exhibition space

De Pont Director Maria Schnyder On Why Financial Independence Is a Museum’s Greatest Asset

By Dan Duray
A grayscale portrait of a suit-wearing man photographed from the waist up.

Charles Chemin Has Been Training to Lead Watermill His Whole Life

By Dan Duray
The M+ museum's illuminated media façade stands prominently in the Hong Kong skyline, highlighting the museum’s integration with the city's urban landscape.

Inside M+’s Mission to Shape Asia’s Art Canon, With Chief Curator Doryun Chong

By Elisa Carollo
A portrait of a smiling woman in a white button shirt foregrounds a photo of the Queens Museum taken at last dusk

Inside Debra Wimpfheimer’s Vision for the Queens Museum

By Dan Duray
A smiling woman in a black leather jacket stands with arms folded in the foreground; in the background is a brick building that is part of the NYU campus, specifically, the Gray Art Museum.

Grey Art Museum’s Alison Weaver On the Breadth of the University Museum Mandate

By Dan Duray
A bearded man with white hair and glasses holds a microphone to his mouth

Francesco Bonami’s Case Against Trend-Chasing in the Museum Business

By Dan Duray
A portrait of Anthony Kiendl shows him smiling and leaning against a wooden railing on an outdoor terrace, dressed in a dark suit and glasses, with a blurred urban skyline in the background.

Anthony Kiendl On Unlocking MCA Denver’s Potential and Upending Art World Hierarchies

By Dan Duray
The directors of Hamburger Bahnhof standing beside an industrial beam inside the museum.

Hamburger Bahnhof’s Sam Bardaouil On Co-Leading a Museum in Flux

By Elisa Carollo
: A dark-painted gallery wall displays a large, hyper-realistic portrait of a tattooed man with red and blue lighting against a purple-pink gradient background, with smaller framed works extending around the surrounding walls.

How CAMH Is Helping Houston Overcome the Art World’s ‘Southern Blind Spot’

By Elisa Carollo
A man in a dark suit and tie stands with his arms crossed, smiling while addressing a small group of people inside an art gallery.

At Muzeum Sztuki, Daniel Muzyczuk Unites Civic Mission and Avant-Garde Vision

By Dan Duray
Close-up view of the Zayed National Museum’s striking wing-shaped structures against a clear blue sky, inspired by the falcon, a national symbol of the UAE.

Inside the Vision for Abu Dhabi’s New Zayed National Museum

By Elisa Carollo
Installation view at Museum Tinguely showing large-scale kinetic sculptures with colorful gears, wheels, and mechanical components, as visitors of all ages walk and interact with the vibrant, machine-filled gallery space.

How Museum Tinguely Is Keeping Jean Tinguely’s Legacy Alive 100 Years Later

By Elisa Carollo
A portrait of Johanna Burton, wearing a black blazer and white button-up shirt, with short hair and neutral makeup, standing against a white background with a serious expression, and subtle jewelry in the form of earrings.

Johanna Burton Outlines Her Plans for ICA Philadelphia’s Next Chapter

By Dan Duray
Street view of the Studio Museum in Harlem’s new seven-story, dark-toned facade with large windows, set between neighboring buildings on 125th Street.

As the Studio Museum in Harlem Nears Its Reopening, Thelma Golden Shares What to Expect

By Elisa Carollo
Exterior view of the Geffen Galleries at LACMA, featuring a dramatic staircase and a large black geometric sculpture beneath the building’s cantilevered form.

Michael Govan On Building a Museum for the 21st Century

By Elisa Carollo
Wangechi Mutu's bronze sculpture Throned displayed against the backdrop of vibrant red walls and classical oil paintings in the ornate rooms of Galleria Borghese.

Contemporary Dialogues: Francesca Cappelletti’s Vision for Galleria Borghese

By Elisa Carollo
An image of Adam Levine, director of the Toledo Museum of Art, sitting in an office chair wearing a dark suit and smiling at the camera, with a painting of a seated woman hanging on the wall behind him.

TMA’s Adam Levine Is Making the Museum Model Smarter, Faster and Fairer

By Christa Terry
A color portrait of Krist Gruijthuijsen, a white man with short curly hair and a patterned scarf, standing in a glass hallway with soft natural light and smiling at the camera.

Espoo Museum of Modern Art’s Krist Gruijthuijsen Rethinks Regional Curation

By Dan Duray

A Toast to Tony: Inside El Museo’s Million-Dollar Gala

By Christa Terry
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