New Deputy Director, Harvard Art Museum

José Ortiz will take over as HAM's deputy director in March. He's deputy director at the Smithsonian's Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden right now.

The press release offers this:

“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, 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.”

Ortiz has been chief of finance and administration at the Hirshhorn since 2005. That job has included overseeing capital projects at the institution, which makes sense as the HAM continues work on a multi-year renovation of its main campus.

Photo: Lee Stalsworth.