Richard Armstrong, who has led NYC’s storied Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for nearly 14 years, announced on Friday that he will be leaving his post “some time next spring.” Both growth and controversy have made their mark on his tenure.
Richard Armstrong, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum since 2008, said he plans to step down next year.Richard Armstrong, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum since 2008, said he plans to step down next year., who has led New York’s storied Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum for nearly 14 years, said in an interview with the Financial Times that he would be leaving his post “some time next spring.”. “The board is rejuvenated, and active — it’s a good moment.
Armstrong has led the museum and its foundation, as well as the museum’s international satellites, since stepping into the director role amid a global financial crisis. He intends to work with the board to find a replacement until he retires in 2023,“I need to take my hat off to the board — the museums’ success is truly a confluence of their concern and their generosity — they are donors not only of money, but of time, art, critique, engagement,” Armstrong said in the interview.
“As leader of the institution, he consolidated the Guggenheim’s global expansion with a thoughtful, experimental, and artist-centered approach,” the release continues. Even so, the Guggenheim has waded into controversy in recent years. An anonymous band of curators in 2020to the musuem’s leadership, including Armstrong, to decry “an inequitable work environment that enables racism, white supremacy, and other discriminatory practices.”
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