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The Guggenheim Museum has announced that Mariët Westermann - the current vice chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi - will be the next director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.
Tom Anstey | Planet Attractions | 01 Dec 2023
The Guggenheim Museum has announced that Mariët Westermann - the current vice chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi - will be the next director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation.
Now tasked with overseeing the Guggenheim’s four museums around the world, Westermann succeeds Richard Armstrong, who leaves the role after 15 years.
“We cast a very wide net and interviewed extensively to identify the right person for the Guggenheim at this time,” said J. Tomilson Hill, the Guggenheim’s board chair.
“For the past six months we have utilised a systemic search process, using a values-based approach, where we identified those qualities necessary in our new director for them to succeed. We evaluated each candidate based on those attributes. Dr. Westermann brings a unique set of qualities and experiences to this critical role - a wide-ranging world view, experience in navigating multiple stakeholders and critical issues across geographies, all rooted in a deeply held belief in scholarship, excellence, and the power of arts and culture to inspire and connect.”
Westermann becomes the third woman to lead the Guggenheim in its 86-year history and the first woman to serve as both director and CEO.
“It’s a great honor to be joining the Guggenheim, a unique institution with a beautiful mission dedicated to modern and contemporary art in four distinctive museums on three continents,” said Westermann. “Each of the museums exists to create opportunities for anyone to engage with the transformative and connective power of art and artists, from New York to Bilbao to Venice to Abu Dhabi. I have been blessed with wonderful experiences as an art historian, global educator, curator, philanthropist, and academic leader. The kind of complexity and high aspiration that have been so motivating to me in these prior roles has prepared me to help the Guggenheim realise its full potential as a constellation of museums, united in one mission and grounded fully in their local environments and communities.”
Westermann will officially begin her role on June 1, 2024.
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