TOLEDO, OH.- The Toledo Museum of Art
announced
today that Brian P. Kennedy, director of the Hood Museum of Art at
Dartmouth
College, has accepted the position as the Museum’s ninth director with a
start
date of September 1. Board Chair Betsy Brady and George Chapman, head of
the
search committee, made the announcement this morning at the Museum.
Kennedy has
been at the Hood Museum of Art since 2005. Previously, he served as
director of
the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (1997-2004) and assistant
director
of the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (1989-1997).