"Changes have been coming to the Philadelphia Art Museum (PhAM) as quickly as the leaves have fallen this month, most recently with the appointment of Daniel H. Weiss as new director and CEO today, November 21. Weiss, who served as president and CEOof the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan until 2023, will start his three-year contract at PhAM on December 1, less than a month after the museum board's highly publicized ouster of former PhAM Director and CEO Alexandra "Sasha" Suda."
"Weiss's appointment concludes PhAM's search for a new museum leader, following its dismissal of Suda for "cause" in an emailed notice on November 4. Suda, who was three years into a five-year contract, has since filed a lawsuit against the museum alleging multiple violations of her employment agreement after it was revealed that PhAM trustees commissioned an external investigation that recommended her resignation. In the suit, Suda also accused multiple museum officers of disparaging her to the press."
Daniel H. Weiss will become director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum on December 1 under a three-year contract. The appointment follows the museum board's dismissal of Alexandra "Sasha" Suda for cause on November 4; Suda has filed a lawsuit alleging multiple violations of her employment agreement and claims some museum officers disparaged her to the press. Weiss arrives after a controversial rebrand from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to the Philadelphia Art Museum. Weiss previously led the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he reduced an operating deficit and in 2018 implemented a controversial change to admission policies.
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