New York University (NYU) is partnering with Isaacson, Miller to conduct this search. To ensure a confidential and equitable process, all application materials must be submitted directly through Isaacson, Miller. Candidate information will be handled with the utmost discretion, and only those who apply via Isaacson, Miller will be considered for this position.Please submit your application electronically via this link:

www.imsearch.com/open-searches/grey-art-museum-new-york-university/director

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New York University (NYU) is seeking an imaginative and collaborative leader to serve as the next Director of the Grey Art Museum (the Grey or the Museum). This is an opportunity to shape the future of art engagement and scholarship in a vibrant academic community in the heart of New York City.

The Museum is both half a century old, with its founding as the Grey Art Gallery, and just turning one, as the newly christened Grey Art Museum. It houses a renowned permanent collection, first established in 1958 as the NYU Art Collection and further enhanced with a gift of works from Abby Weed Grey in 1974, and offers a space for a remarkable array of shows over the last half century. In 2024, the Grey moved to a much larger and more visible space at 18 Cooper Square in lower Manhattan. With this move, the Grey Art Gallery was renamed the Grey Art Museum.

The Grey's new home occupies the entire ground floor of a venerable brick and iron building in the historic NoHo district, its storefront faade facing out onto a busy pedestrian thoroughfare. Today the collection totals over 6000 works, including The Abby Weed Grey Collection of Modern Asian and Middle Eastern Art.

Under the Provost's leadership, the Director will provide strategic and administrative leadership for the Grey, overseeing a full-time team of 8 and an approximately $2 million operating budget, with additional fundraising to support exhibitions and new initiatives. The next Director will have the opportunity to engage with the NYU community, working with NYU's Institute for Fine Arts as well as departments, centers, and institutes across the University, and to further integrate the Grey into the life of the campus life and surrounding community.

The Grey seeks a skilled communicator and savvy administrator with strategic vision, curatorial experience, and an understanding of systematic planning, interdisciplinary and institutional collaboration, and the cultivation of numerous constituencies. The Director will lead an active exhibition and public programming schedule, expand the collection's areas of strength, and continue to generate robust philanthropic support.

Required Education

Master's degree in art history or related degree

Required Experience

7+ years of related experience. Must include experience with fundraising and working with scholarly publications.

The Director's primary responsibilities include:

• Determining and shepherding the installation of 2-3 exhibitions annually in the space
• Leading fundraising efforts
• Overseeing the staff for planning, budgeting, exhibition and publication coordination, and operations
• Understanding and promoting the collection

The Director will also lead the planning and implementing of improvements and enhancements of the space. The Director will continue to build a museum that produces innovative shows and serves a wide variety of constituencies, from experts in art history, art preservation, and museum studies, to making the museum's work more accessible both in person and online to NYU students, faculty, staff, and the general public. Additionally, the Director must be well versed in quality data collection to ensure adequacy, accuracy and legitimacy of data in NYU systems and be able to strictly follow data privacy and security procedures for data handling and analysis to ensure adherence to legal and institutional standards.

All applications, inquiries, and nominations, which will remain confidential, should be directed to the search firm electronically below.
www.imsearch.com/open-searches/grey-art-museum-new-york-university/director

Ben Tobin (Practice Leader) is leading this search with Hannah Moore (Senior Associate).

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About New York University

New York University (NYU) is one of the top private universities in the United States, and NYU Tandon School of Engineering traces its roots back to 1854, building on an illustrious past as Brooklyn Poly and the NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering. Our mission is to excel in research, teaching, and entrepreneurship and inspire and educate engineers for the 21st century — backed by an historic commitment of $1 billion to recruit new faculty, fuel groundbreaking basic and applied research in key areas, and expand the Downtown Brooklyn campus. NYU Tandon faculty are world renowned leaders in science and technology, with a strong commitment to research, innovation, and entrepreneurship that make a difference in the world. We lead and have ties to multidisciplinary centers in wireless technology, cybersecurity, urban informatics, data sciences, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, and health, among others. Our faculty and students are part of the high-tech start-up culture in New York City and in downtown Brooklyn, and we support three “future lab” business incubators that connect our students and faculty to today’s innovation economy. We are deeply committed to teaching and le...arning, and with NYU's unrivaled global network of campuses, we promote a truly global engineering education. NYU Tandon is committed to substantially increase the proportion of our faculty from historically underrepresented groups in STEM and we encourage candidates from such groups to apply. We aspire to create a climate where diversity and inclusion are not only appreciated but considered an asset for creativity and innovation, and we seek faculty who have a real passion for a culturally diverse environment. We take pride in our high numbers of female students and students who are the first in their family to go to college. NYU belongs to the Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), which assists with dual-career searches, and our faculty are supported by a range of work-life balance programs provided by the NYU Office of Work Life

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