Dennis Szakacs, formerly deputy director of New York’s New Museum from 1997–2003, will rejoin the institution as associate director. From 2003–2013 Szakacs served as director and CEO of the Orange County Museum of Art in Newport Beach, California. In his new position, working with New Museum deputy director Karen Wong, artistic director Massimiliano Gioni, and Toby Devan Lewis director Lisa Phillips, Szakacs will focus on finance, development and planning, including projects for the upcoming fortieth anniversary of the New Museum in 2017.
29 July 2015.
