Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin will step down from the post in fall 2024, wrapping up a quarter-century at the helm of an institution that she drastically transformed.
Generational change is coming to the UCLA Hammer Museum. Ann Philbin, director of the Westwood cultural mainstay since 1999, will step down from the post in fall 2024, wrapping up a quarter-century at the helm of an institution that she led from local embarrassment to national prominence. Philbin — or just “Annie” to the art world — notified Hammer board members of her plans late Tuesday and informed assembled staff at a museum-wide meeting on Wednesday.
The museum also needed an unexpected showstopper — a large exhibition from left field that would startle and engage. “Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective,” which opened at the Hammer 20 years ago this month, proved to be that show — the first of many striking presentations. Co-organized with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, its 70 sculptures and 80 drawings revived interest in a long-reclusive American artist, one of the few women to gain traction in the 1960s.
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