Wednesday, September 21, 2005
And That's Different How?
Carol Vogel has the scoop today in one of her trademark press-release versions of the story: Lisa Dennison has been promoted to director of the Guggenheim's flagship New York museum while Thomas Krens will retain his post as head of the Guggenheim Foundation.
The account in the paper of record leaves me with a couple key questions that I wish Vogel would have addressed:
The account in the paper of record leaves me with a couple key questions that I wish Vogel would have addressed:
- What's really different now that these two have new titles? With his expansion lust, I doubt that Krens was really involved in the day-to-day management of the New York museum. Does Dennison actually take on more responsibility and authority with her promotion from deputy director, or is this just an acknowledgement of work she has been doing and an attempt to keep her from jumping to another museum to get a new title?
- Does this move indicate that the board is trying to exercise power to reign in Krens, or is it actually freeing him from management responsibilities in New York so that he can turn up the gas on his plans for buidling a global footprint for the Guggenheim?
