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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) announced on Friday that Christophe Cherix will become its next director, beginning this September. The Swiss curator, who is currently MoMA’s chief curator of drawings and prints, first joined the museum in 2007. He is set to succeed Glenn D. Lowry, who has led the institution since 1995. Lowry will leave MoMA as its longest-serving director to date.

In his tenure at the institution, Cherix has curated landmark exhibitions including “ED RUSCHA / NOW THEN” in 2023, “Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Institutions” in 2018, and “Yoko Ono: One Woman Show” in 2015. He has also overseen acquisitions of major collections that have expanded MoMA’s holdings significantly.

“Christophe’s brilliant curatorial leadership in modern and contemporary art, deep insight and passion for MoMA’s collection, and reputation for steady stewardship stood out as indispensable qualities to meet the moment as the museum’s next director,” said Marie-Josée Kravis, the chair of MoMA’s board, in a press statement accompanying the announcement.

Born in Switzerland, Cherix studied at the University of Geneva. Prior to joining MoMA, he was a curator at Musée d’art et d’histoire in Geneva. “MoMA has long been a leader in embracing new forms of expression, amplifying the voices of artists from around the globe, and engaging the broadest audiences onsite and online,” he said in a press statement. “As the Museum approaches its centennial, my highest priority is to support its exceptional staff and ensure that their unique ability to navigate the ever-evolving present continues to thrive.”

Since September 2024, when Lowry announced his intention to step down, speculation over the identity of his successor has been widespread in the art world. Thelma Golden, the director and chief curator of the Studio Museum in Harlem, and Jessica Morgan, director of the Dia Art Foundation, were thought to be among those in contention for the job.

In 2018, Lowry was approved by MoMA’s board to extend his tenure past 2020, when he was previously set to retire, based on a museum policy requiring senior staff to retire at age 65.

“I have been privileged to work with Christophe for more than fifteen years at MoMA, and I am delighted that the board has chosen him to be the next director of the museum. In the months ahead, we will work together to ensure a smooth and successful transition,” Lowry said in a press statement. “Christophe is a gifted and talented curator, and I Iook forward to seeing the Museum evolve and thrive under his able direction.”

The museum’s longtime prints and drawings curator will take over from Glenn Lowry, whose tenure was marked by controversy.

He succeeds Glenn Lowry, who has been MoMA’s director for three decades.

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Joe Goode, the Oklahoma City–born artist best known for his “Milk Bottle” series of the 1960s, has passed away at 87. Michael Kohn Gallery and Galerie Thomas Zander, which both represent the artist, confirmed the news this week. The cause of death was not publicly disclosed.

Goode’s practice is associated with the West Coast Light and Space movement of the early 1960s, and Pop Art. The artist moved to L.A. in 1959, where he studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts) and was mentored by notable artists such as Emerson Woelffer, Robert Irwin, and Bill Moore.

Goode first garnered significant attention with his “Milk Bottle” series, which he started in 1961. These works feature abstract canvases depicting the faint outline of a milk bottle, often accompanied by an actual milk bottle placed in front of the canvas. The works, which blur the line between painting and sculpture, were prominently featured in the groundbreaking 1962 exhibition “New Painting of Common Objects” at the Pasadena Art Museum (now the Norton Simon Museum). The exhibition, which also featured works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, and Ed Ruscha, is now considered to be one of the first museum shows dedicated to Pop Art in the United States

Untitled (Torn Cloud Series), ca. 1975
Joe Goode

Michael Kohn Gallery

Other notable series from Goode’s career include “Staircases” (1964), which featured physical staircases leading to nowhere, constructed from wood and cheap carpeting, a comment on the banality of suburban Americana. Another key series of paintings, “Clouds” (1967–1976). delved into the ephemeral nature of the sky, with sub-series like “Photo Clouds,” “Torn Clouds,” and “Vandalized Clouds” offering different interpretations of this motif. These works showcased Goode’s preoccupations with transparency and environmental change that cut across his oeuvre. “If I can’t find a new way of seeing something, then I’m not interested in it,” the artist once said.

Goode’s work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums worldwide, and in 2015, he was the subject of a retrospective at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis. His art is held in the collections of the world’s largest institutions such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.