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Massimiliano Gioni Named New Museum Director, Replacing Phillips

7/8/2026

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Gioni Named Director

Massimiliano Gioni will become director of the New Museum on August 1, replacing Lisa Phillips.
President James-Keith Brown said the board chose “our best person right in front of us” after an eight-month search that selected Gioni, artistic director since 2014, curator since 2006.
Gioni co-founded the 2009 New Museum Triennial with Lauren Cornell and Laura Hoptman, saw the museum open “New Humans: Memories of the Future” in March in its gallery.

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Gioni Expands Globally

Gioni curated shows for the Nicola Trussardi Foundation in Milan and the Deste Foundation in Athens.
He presented “Appearance Stripped Bare…” at the Jumex Museum in 2019.
At Qatar Museums in Doha he organized exhibitions on Murakami (2012), Koons (2021), Valentino (2022) and Rist (2024).
Projects with The Store X in London, the Long Museum in Shanghai, and the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C. have broadened the New Museum’s global footprint.

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Gioni Named Director

Massimiliano Gioni will become director of the New Museum on August 1, replacing Lisa Phillips.
President James-Keith Brown said the board chose “our best person right in front of us” after an eight-month search that selected Gioni, artistic director since 2014, curator since 2006.
Gioni co-founded the 2009 New Museum Triennial with Lauren Cornell and Laura Hoptman, saw the museum open “New Humans: Memories of the Future” in March in its gallery.

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