DIA Names Philippe Vergne As Its New Director

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The Dia Art Foundation has hired the deputy director of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Philippe Vergne, as its director, the New York Times reported Monday.

As the Dia’s new director, Mr. Vergne, 42, will be responsible for helping the foundation find and develop a permanent exhibition space in New York City.

In 2006, the Dia abandoned its plan to open a museum at the entrance to the High Line after it lost its director, Michael Govan, and its board chairman and benefactor, Leonard Riggio. The foundation last maintained a permanent exhibition space in Chelsea in 2004.

Mr. Vergne, who began his career at the Walker in 1997, has curated several high-profile exhibitions, including “Kara Walker: My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love,” which opened at the Walker in 2007 and then went on a national tour. Along with the Whitney’s Chrissie Iles, he curated the Whitney Biennial in 2006.

Mr. Vergne is scheduled to begin his new role September 15.


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