Thomas P. Campbell, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, announced that Jennifer Russell will return to the Museum as Associate Director for Exhibitions. She is currently Senior Deputy Director of Exhibitions, Collections, and Programs at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. She had worked at the Metropolitan Museum as Associate Director for Administration from 1993 to 1996, and will rejoin the Museum in her new role effective April 26. She was formally elected at the March 9 meeting of the Board of Trustees.
“I am delighted to welcome back a colleague with extensive experience in the New York museum community and in exhibition planning on a local as well as national and international scale,” commented Thomas P. Campbell, Director of the Metropolitan Museum. “She brings significant managerial experience, sound sense, and wide-ranging contacts, all of which are essential to sustaining and developing the encyclopedic breadth, scale, and quality of the Met’s unique and world-renowned exhibition program. Her familiarity with the Museum’s structure and staff—from her previous work here during the tenure of my predecessor, Philippe de Montebello—will be a great advantage as well. For more than 40 years, the Met has been the leading forum for ground-breaking loan exhibitions and stimulating installations highlighting aspects of its vast collections. This program, with all of its depth, scope, and vitality, will remain central to the Museum’s activities and mission, and I look forward to working on it with Jennifer over the years ahead.”
At the Metropolitan, Jennifer Russell succeeds Mahrukh Tarapor, who served in the position for more than 15 years.
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