December 2008
The Harvard Art Museum has announced the appointment of José Ortiz as Deputy Director, effective 2 March 2009. Ortiz is currently Deputy Director/Chief of Finance and Administration at the Smithsonian Institution’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC.
A skilled and innovative administrator, Ortiz has a strong record of managing world-class cultural institutions, combined with considerable business and private sector experience, including thirteen years in financial services management.
“I am delighted to have José join our staff, and we are fortunate to gain someone with such a range of skills and talent at this crucial time in our planning for the future,” said Thomas W. Lentz, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard Art Museum.
“As we prepare for the renovation of our building on Quincy Street and begin to relocate a large part our staff and collections, José will pay a key role in managing the logistics and enormous operational challenges that come with those projects. He also shares in the vision we have for enhancing our teaching and research mission by increasing access to our collections, expanding our audience, and creating a larger role for the Art Museum in Harvard’s educational curriculum.”
In June 2008, the Harvard Art Museum's building at 32 Quincy Street, formerly the home of the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger museums, closed to prepare for a major renovation designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano.
During this renovation, the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at 485 Broadway remains open and has been reinstalled with some of the finest works representing the collections of all three museums. When complete, the renovated historic building at 32 Quincy Street will house the three museums in a single, state-of-the-art facility.
"It is a time of great change and great promise for the Harvard Art Museum, and I am excited to be part of the team that will help realize the creation of a new central home for the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler museums," said Ortiz. "I also look forward to helping make the museums and their great collections even more accessible to a wider range of visitors, both at Harvard and beyond."
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