• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Home
  • About
    • Real Clear Arts
    • Judith H. Dobrzynski
    • Contact
  • ArtsJournal
  • AJBlogs

Real Clear Arts

Judith H. Dobrzynski on Culture

Another Shoe Drops At the Met

concepts_sellersAs predicted here on Monday, Susan Sellers, Head of Design at the Metropolitan Museum,* is departing and returning to private practice. The memo from the top came this morning and said, in part:

We are grateful for her work on the brand strategy and identity, The Met Breuer opening, and the introduction of new design initiatives throughout the Museum.  She will remain a trusted resource and dear friend to The Met, where her design legacy will long be felt.

These memos are always strange, sometimes praising troublesome “accomplishments”–e.g., in this case, the rebranding campaign,–and yet ignoring some actual accomplishments.

Sellers was hired in 2013.

I don’t plan to chronicle every departure from the Met. But there will be more and when it hits critical curatorial staff, I hope to let you know.

*I consult to a foundation that supports the Met.

Primary Sidebar

About Judith H. Dobrzynski

Now an independent journalist, I've worked as a reporter in the culture and business sections of The New York Times, and been the editor of the Sunday business section and deputy business editor there as well as a senior editor of Business Week and the managing editor of CNBC, the cable TV

About Real Clear Arts

This blog is about culture in America as seen through my lens, which is informed and colored by years of reporting not only on the arts and humanities, but also on business, philanthropy, science, government and other subjects. I may break news, but more likely I will comment, provide

Archives