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Director of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Timothy Rub, announced Monday morning that he will be leaving this fall for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Plain Dealer has quoted Rub as saying he made his decision based on where his artistic passions lie – early modern art. The Philadelphia Museum of Art has an immense modern art collection, one that the CMA apparently couldn’t compete with. Rub said the Philadelphia Museum was the only one that could have lured him away from Cleveland.
Rub’s announcement comes shortly after the opening of the CMA’s new East Wing, which features Cleveland’s own contemporary collections. The magnificent new wing, full of glass and light, is a gorgeous backdrop for
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several Rodin sculptures, moving into increasingly modern pieces (including one drawn straight onto the wall.)
But museum trustees say the announcement came as an immense surprise for them. It’s certainly difficult to tell how this change will affect the immense construction project still before the CMA, particularly as the hunt for a new director will have to be begun all over again.
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is about to undergo its own $500 million dollar addition, which Rub will certainly influence.
His brief time at the CMA has brought Cleveland several new acquisitions, most notably in the contemporary arts (as that is his greatest passion) but also a very stunning 10th century Indian sculpture.
Rub had been director of the CMA since 2006. Previously he was the director of the Cincinnati Art Museum.
Photo Courtesy: Cleveland Museum of Art
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