From 2025, Sabine Haag will be replaced by the American who is now the director of the World Museum. According to Secretary of State for Culture Andrea Mayer of Austria, "His CV reads like a list of the elite universities in the United States."
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Today, Thursday, a protracted procedure came to a close. The new leadership for the Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) was introduced by Greens Secretary of State for Culture Andrea Mayer. Current Weltmuseum Director Jonathan Fine, an American, will succeed General Director Sabine Haag as the KHM association's leader.
The New Yorker's appointment, who was born in 1969, is a sort of internal resolution because the Weltmuseum is a part of the KHM. Fine does not study cultures. nevertheless, a historian of art and culture who has a background in history, literature, and law.
Beginning in 2025, he will succeed Sabine Haag. She received a great deal of gratitude for shaping the house. It is also because of you that the KHM is one of the most significant museums in the world, Mayer zu Haag stated. Fine will continue the work with "elan and esprit" when she has finished. "His curriculum vitae reads like a list of the top American universities." It is "incredible enrichment" to use his multi-perspective technique.
However, you ultimately came across as quite convincing because to your physical attributes and shown skill, expertise, and commitment. Three potential candidates were suggested by the responsible selection committee, including Fine and two external candidates. In addition, Mayer will likely reveal Schröder's replacement at the Albertina the following week.
The KHM is one of the most significant art museums in the world because of its extensive holdings, which are based on the imperial treasures of the Habsburgs. Sabine Haag has served as the KHM Museum Association's executive director since 2009. General director Wilfried Seipel helped the house achieve full legal capacity in 1999.
The contract for Director General Haag would have really ended at the end of 2018. Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi Gallery, was supposed to assume the highly regarded position at the start of 2019, but he abruptly resigned just before starting, which shocked and confused everyone. At the start of 2020, Haag was formally re-appointed as the KHM leader for a further five years.
In any event, the museum will be the incoming director's tough legacy. The fronts between scientific director Sabine Haag and commercial director Paul Frey have become more rigid in art history, which is perceived as a divided house.
Source: APA/Die Presse