Whitney Strikes Out in Its New Director Choice

The jaw does indeed land kerplunk, even on the Texas prairie. I’m in Dallas now to give two lectures and to visit museums. I got a press release today announcing that Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney for 20 years, would leave this fall, and that Scott Rothkopf, the chief curator, would be the new director.

I don’t know whether Weinberg is retiring, but I doubt it. Was he pushed? I doubt that, too. Twenty years is a long time, I know, but there’s no one I admire more among the directors of our most prestigious big-city museums. He was my predecessor as director of the Addison Gallery, and I consider his work the foundation for my own. Through his considerable diplomatic skills and good taste, the Whitney got a new building that’s both gorgeous and practical, after years of false starts.

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The jaw does indeed land kerplunk, even on the Texas prairie. I’m in Dallas now to give two lectures and to visit museums. I got a press release today announcing that Adam Weinberg, director of the Whitney for 20 years, would leave this fall, and that Scott Rothkopf, the chief curator, would be the new director.

I don’t know whether Weinberg is retiring, but I doubt it. Was he pushed? I doubt that, too. Twenty years is a long time, I know, but there’s no one I admire more among the directors of our most prestigious big-city museums. He was my predecessor as director of the Addison Gallery, and I consider his work the foundation for my own. Through his considerable diplomatic skills and good taste, the Whitney got a new building that’s both gorgeous and practical, after years of false starts.