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Timeline

    1. June 2022

      1. Departure of MoMA PS1 Director Kate Fowle Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    2. May 2022

      1. Departure of Met Curator and Chair of Modern and Contemporary Art Sheena Wagstaff Departure, Staff External Link 1

    3. February 2022

      1. Departure of Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's Senior Curator and Director of Public Art Allison Glenn Departure, Staff External Link 1 External Link 2

    4. January 2022

      1. Departure of Whitechapel Director Iwona Blazwick Departure, Staff External Link 1

    1. November 2021

      1. Departure of Whitney Museum's Curator Christopher Y. Lew Departure, Staff External Link 1

    2. September 2021

      1. Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Director Klaus Bisenbach Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    3. August 2021

      1. Departure of MFA Boston's Chief of Learning and Community Engagement Makeeba McCreary Departure, Retention, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Barbican's Managing Director Nicholas Kenyon Departure, Discrimination, Staff External Link 1

    4. July 2021

      1. Departure of Palm Springs Art Museum's Curator Rochelle Steiner Departure, Staff External Link 1

    5. April 2021

      1. Op-ed: LaTanya S. Autry A Black Curator Imagines Otherwise Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Senior Curator Mia Locks Departure, Staff External Link 1
      3. Departure of Wadsworth's CEO Tom Loughman Departure, Staff External Link 1

    6. March 2021

      1. Departure of Bellevue Arts Museum Executive Director Benedict Heywood Departure, Staff External Link 1

    7. February 2021

      1. Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Human Resources Director Carlos Viramontes Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of SFMOMA's Director Neal Benezra Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
      3. Departure of Carnegie Museum of Art's Deputy Director Ronald Lee Newman Departure, Staff External Link 1

    8. January 2021

      1. Departure of MCA Chicago's Chief Curator Michael Darling Departure, Staff External Link 1

    1. December 2020

      1. Departure of Peabody Essex Museum's Director Brian P. Kennedy Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of SITE Santa Fe's Director Irene Hofmann Departure, Staff External Link 1

    2. November 2020

      1. Departure of Standford's Cantor Arts Center's Director Susan Dackerman Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    3. October 2020

      1. Departure of PAFA (Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art) President and CEO David Brigham Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Guggenheim's Deputy Director and Chief Curator Nancy Spector Controversy, Departure, Staff External Link 1

    4. September 2020

      1. Departure of Montreal Museum of Fine Arts's Director Nathalie Bondil Departure, Staff External Link 1

    5. July 2020

      1. Departure of MOCA Detroit's Director Elysia Borowy-Reeder Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Newfields Curator Kelli Morgan Departure, Staff External Link 1
      3. Departure of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s Chief Curator Gary Garrels Departure, Staff External Link 1

    6. June 2020

      1. Departure of MOCA Cleveland's Director Jill Snyder Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Norton Museum of Art Director Elliot Bostwick Davis Departure, Staff External Link 1

    7. May 2020

      1. Departure of Parrish Art Museum's Director Terrie Sultan Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Akron Art Museum Director Mark Masuoka Departure, Discrimination, Harassment, Staff External Link 1
      3. Departure of Telfair Museum's Director Robin Nicholson Departure, Staff External Link 1

    8. February 2020

      1. Departure of Cooper Hewitt's Director Caroline Baumann Departure, Staff External Link 1

    1. December 2019

      1. Departure of Bronx Museum’s Director Deborah Cullen-Morales Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    2. October 2019

      1. Departure of New York’s Cultural Affairs Leader Tom Finkelpearl Departure, Staff External Link 1

    3. September 2019

      1. Departure of ICA Philadelphia's Director Amy Sadao Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    4. June 2019

      1. Departure of Phoenix Art Museum's Director Amada Cruz Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Guggenheim's Guest Curator Chaédria LaBouvier Controversy, Departure, Staff External Link 1

    1. November 2018

      1. Departure of Metropolitan Museum of Art's Social Media Manager Kimberly Drew Departure, Staff External Link 1

    2. September 2018

      1. Departure of California State Long Beach’s University Art Museum's Director Kimberli Meyer Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Palm Springs Art Museum's Executive Director Elizabeth Armstrong Departure, Staff External Link 1

    3. June 2018

      1. Departure of Brooklyn Museum's Deputy Director and Chief Curator Jennifer Y. Chi Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Munich's Haus Der Kunst's Director Okwui Enwezor Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    4. April 2018

      1. Departure of Scottsdale Musuem of Contemporary Art's Director and Chief Curator Sara Cochran Departure, Staff External Link 1

    5. March 2018

      1. Departure of MOCA Los Angeles Chief Curator Helen Molesworth Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Ghent Museum's Director Catherine de Zegher Departure, Staff External Link 1
      3. Departure of Bordeaux's CAPC Musée D'art Contemporain's Director Maria Inés Rodríguez Departure, Staff External Link 1

    6. January 2018

      1. Departure of Queens Museum's Director Laura Raicovich Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of VCU Institute for Contemporary Art's Director Lisa Freiman Departure, Staff External Link 1

    1. December 2017

      1. Departure of Jewish Museum's Curator Jens Hoffmann Departure, Staff External Link 1

    2. November 2017

      1. Departure of Walker Art Center's Executive Director Olga Viso Departure, Museum Directors, Staff External Link 1

    3. October 2017

      1. Departure of Stedelijk Museum's Director Beatrix Ruf Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Aldrich Museum's Executive Director Alyson Baker Departure, Staff External Link 1

    4. September 2017

      1. Departure of MoMA Deputy Director Kathy Halbreich Departure, Staff External Link 1
      2. Departure of Carnegie Museum of Art's Director Lynn Zelevansky Departure, Staff External Link 1

    5. February 2017

      1. Departure of Metropolitan Museum’s Director Thomas P. Campbell Departure, Staff External Link 1