Foreword: the future of museum leadership / Laura L. Lott (American Alliance of Museums) -- Introduction / Michael E. Shapiro (High Museum of Art, Atlanta) -- I plunged in headlong / Maxwell L. Anderson (New Cities Foundation, New York, Paris, and Geneva) -- Seeing Giotto changed my life / Kaywin Feldman (Minneapolis Institute of Art) -- To embrace diversity in its most complex and beautiful ways / Thelma Golden (The Studio Museum in Harlem) -- Complete immersion / Michael Govan (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) -- Utter serendipity / Glenn D. Lowry (The Museum of Modern Art, New York) -- Make artists your touchstone / Ann Philbin (Hammer Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles) -- Less of an Acropolis and more of an Agora / Timothy Rub (Philadelphia Museum of Art) -- Moving up to the top floor / Matthew Teitelbaum (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) -- Every action, every thought / Gary Tinterow (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston) -- A total revelation / Julián Zugazagoitia (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri) -- Selected list of mentors / compiled by Annemarie Iker -- Afterword / Michael E. Shapiro
Summary:
This surveys the state and future of museums by uncovering the career trajectories, mentors, inspirations, and goals of some of the field's most innovative change agents. With more than 60 museum directors expected to retire in the next decade, this compilation of interviews is a timely portrait of how museums are evolving, and the leadership and other rleated skills needed to sustain and grow today's most beloved art institutions. High Museum of Art Director Emeritus Michael E. Shapiro converses with current and former museum directors spannign the country, whose leadership has made a lasting impression on the field. High Museum of Art.
