Nancy Spector is new deputy director, chief curator of Brooklyn Museum
The Brooklyn Museum has announced the appointment of Nancy Spector as its deputy director and chief curator. Spector joins the museum after having served for more than 29 years at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. She comes to the Brooklyn Museum as the first senior staff member hired by Anne Pasternak following her recent appointment as the Museum’s Shelby White and Leon Levy director. She will succeed Kevin Stayton, who, after 35 years, will serve as deputy director and director of Collections and History. Spector will assume her new role in April 2016.
“The Brooklyn Museum’s past is rooted in vision, courage and a good measure of chutzpah. With Nancy Spector as our chief curator, we can count on a trailblazing future that charts new territory for our museum,” said Pasternak. “We can expect Nancy to explore the important questions of the role of art and museums for the 21st century, shaking up old canons and proposing new ones, while sharing our love of art and artists with ever-expanding audiences.”
“Nancy’s expertise and vision will revive our world-class collections and inspire rich and lively temporary exhibitions to excite the communities we serve,” added Elizabeth A. Sackler, Brooklyn Museum board chair and founder of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. “Her exceptional intelligence will support our extensive educational and public programming.”