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Museum Directors

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

The museum operates without structural government subsidy, offering a degree of freedom that Schnyder acknowledges is an increasingly rare asset in today's cultural climate.
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

"I feel lucky. To prolong a 42-year-long, almost filial relation and 33 years of work companionship in a form of artistic dialogue beyond death is a chance that very few people get."
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

"The success we are seeing in terms of visitor numbers is undeniable. But the formula, if there even is one, is something no one really knows yet. And that's actually a very interesting space to be in."
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
A vast open warehouse space with art installed within

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

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

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

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
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