Max Hollein

Max Hollein
Hollein at the opening of the Monet exhibition in the Städel Museum in 2015
Director and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Incumbent
Assumed office
July 2023
Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byThomas P. Campbell
Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
In office
2016–2018
Director and CEO of Städel Museum, Liebieghaus, Schirn Kunsthalle
In office
2006–2016
Director of Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
In office
2001–2006
Personal details
Born (1969-07-07) 7 July 1969 (age 55)
Vienna, Austria
Alma materUniversity of Vienna
Vienna University of Economics

Max Hollein (born 7 July 1969 in Vienna)[1] is an Austrian art historian and the current CEO and Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.[2] He served as Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco from July 2016,[3] until April 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Hollein would become its 10th director.[4]

Hollein oversaw both the de Young and the Legion of Honor museums, which together are the seventh most-visited art institutions in the United States, with 1.4 million visitors in 2016.[5] Hollein joined the Fine Arts Museums in July 2016 from his position as the director of Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Städel Museum[6] and the Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung.

  1. ^ Göpfert, Claus-Jürgen (14 June 2019). "Max Hollein erhält die Goethe-Plakette in Frankfurt". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Frankfurt. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  2. ^ Max Hollein, Director of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, to Add Chief Executive Officer Role in July 2023, Website Metropoliatain Museum of Art, August 3, 2022
  3. ^ Halperin, Julia (23 March 2016). "Leading German museum director, Max Hollein, heads to San Francisco New director of Fine Arts Museums brought experience of running three Frankfurt institutions". theartnewspaper.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  4. ^ Robin Pogrebin (10 April 2018), The Met Goes Beyond Its Doors to Pick a Leader Who Bridges Art and Technology New York Times.
  5. ^ Pes, Javier; Silva, José da; Sharpe, Emily (29 March 2017). "Visitor figures 2016: Christo helps 1.2 million people to walk on water While the Whitney breaks the hold of New York's Met and MoMA". theartnewspaper.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Max Hollein Becomes Director of the Stadel", Art Daily, accessed on 8 April 2015.