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Queens Museum Promotes Debra Wimpfheimer to Executive Director
The Queens Museum has named Debra Wimpfheimer as its next executive director. She replaces Sally Tallant, who departed last month ahead of taking on the directorship of the Hayward Gallery in London. Wimpfheimer, a Queens native, has worked for the museum for more than two decades. She first joined as the institution’s director of external read more
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Debra Wimpfheimer Named Executive Director of Queens Museum
News The Queens native, who succeeds Sally Tallant, has held senior roles at the institution for over two decades. A portrait of Debra Wimpfheimer, the Queens Museum’s incoming executive director (photo by Claudia Lucia, courtesy the museum) Three weeks after the Queens Museum announced the forthcoming departure of Executive Director Sally Tallant, the board has read more
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Queens Museum Leader Sally Tallant to Step Down After Seven Years
News Under Tallant, the museum secured a $26 million expansion allocation from the city, but also drew controversy and criticism. Former Queens Museum Director Sally Tallant (photo by Thierry Bal, courtesy Queens Museum) After a seven-year tenure, Sally Tallant will step down as president and executive director of the Queens Museum this summer, per an read more
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Sally Tallant Departs Queens Museum to Lead London’s Hayward Gallery
The Southbank Centre has named Sally Tallant the new director of the Hayward Gallery, a role she will begin in July. She is replacing the Hayward’s longtime director Ralph Rugoff, who recently announced his resignation after 20 years at the helm. As part of her new position, Tallant will also oversee visual art installations at read more
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