The Huntington Library, Museum and Botanical Gardens grounds in California. Photo by Robin Kanouse.

Dennis Carr has been named Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator of American Art for The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California. Coming from a major curatorial role at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Carr joins The Huntington in January, where he will oversee a collection of items from the colonial period to present day encompassing paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings and more…The Philadelphia Museum of Art recently reopened its historic Kelly Drive north entrance after more than 40 years, a milestone for the museum’s Facilities Master Plan Core Project...Grace Yasumura is the first-ever Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow for the Smithsonian American Art Museum, one of two curatorial training fellowships conducted by the museum...Nick Dawes, senior vice president for special collections at Heritage Auctions, has been named chairman and CEO of Salmagundi Art Club after serving on the board of the non-profit club for several years...Leading auction house Hindman opened its newest location in Scottsdale, Arizona, this past fall...The Lunder Institute for American Art in Waterville, Maine, has recently announced that on a yearly basis it will host a “distinguished scholar” and a group of research fellows at varying stages of their careers. The inaugural program will allow scholars and fellows to pursue their studies around a topic of significant importance to the field of American art. The first research fellows are Tuliza Fleming, Key Jo Lee, Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Adrienne Childs, Tess Korobkin, Rebecca VanDiver and John Ott...The Mississippi Museum of Art has been awarded a total of $1 million in grants by private foundations The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Ford Foundation in order to support the continuous growth and development of the institution...Among a number of major changes for the company, Sotheby’s has announced Charles F. Stewart as its new CEO...Halona Norton-Westbrook has been named the director of the Honolulu Museum of Art in Honolulu, Hawaii. Norton-Westbrook previously served as director of curatorial affairs and curator of modern and contemporary art at the Toledo Museum of Art...The National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. has appointed two new executive officers who will assume their roles in early 2020. Currently serving as chief advancement officer at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Elisa B. Glazer will be the new officer of external affairs and audience engagement, while Kate Haw, currently director of the Archives of American Art, will take on the role of collections, exhibitions and programs officer at the National Gallery of Art… The Victoria & Albert Museum in London recently named Gus Casely-Hayford the first director of its new outpost, V&A East, currently under construction at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Among Casely-Hayford’s responsibilities, which he will begin in the spring, are the development of creative strategies and programming for the museum...Ashley James is the new associate curator of contemporary art for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.—

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