Alyssa Nitchun, who takes over as executive director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art on 15 February Khaled Jarrar, courtesy of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art
The Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York announced today that it had appointed Alyssa Nitchun, a culture and design consultant and former acting executive director at the public art organisation Creative Time, as its next executive director.
Nitchum, who takes over on 15 February, will advance socially concerned programming and seek financial stability and an international profile for the museum, which is dedicated to championing LGBTQ art and the artists who create it. She succeeds Laura Raicovich, a former director of the Queens Museum of Art who has served as interim director of the Leslie-Lohman since its closure in March.