{"id":271300,"date":"2025-11-04T17:21:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/271300\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T17:21:07","slug":"sasha-suda-out-as-ceo-of-the-philadelphia-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/271300\/","title":{"rendered":"Sasha Suda Out as CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/category\/news\/\" class=\"post-slug\" id=\"post-rubric\" itemprop=\"articleSection\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The museum director was terminated via email for \u201ccause\u201d this morning.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tGet a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning \u2014 great with coffee!\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4144800\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4144800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1920_sashasuda.jpg\" alt=\"Sasha Suda \/ Photograph courtesy of Philadelphia Art Museum\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-4144800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sasha Suda \/ Photograph courtesy of Philadelphia Art Museum<\/p>\n<p>At 9:03 this morning, the CEO of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillymag.com\/news\/2025\/10\/08\/philadelphia-art-museum-rebrand\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newly rebranded<\/a> Philadelphia Art Museum, Sasha Suda, got word via email that she was being terminated for \u201ccause\u201d \u2014 and that the board wished her \u201cevery success\u201d in her future endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>At 10:30 a.m., the board met, seemingly to be advised on what, exactly, the cause is.<\/p>\n<p>Suda, who has been leading a <a href=\"https:\/\/thephiladelphiacitizen.org\/the-museum-will-welcome-you-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">change campaign at the museum<\/a> since she arrived in 2022, reportedly has both supporters and detractors on the board: As the Philadelphia Citizen noted in August, \u201csome longtime board members\u201d have been unhappy with Suda \u201cfor focusing \u2014 too much, they say \u2014 on inclusion, for what they consider a narrow focus when it comes to exhibitions, and for a slow start to fundraising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, Suda debuted The Time is Always Now, an exhibition featuring contemporary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitpham.org\/resources\/brind-center-for-african-and-african-diasporic-art\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">African American artists, and launched the Brind Center for African and African Diaspora Art.<\/a> She was also instrumental in securing a joint exhibit with PAFA on A Nation of Artists, 120 American masterpieces from Phillies managing partner and principal owner John Middleton and his wife Leigh, whose collection is considered among the best in the world. She has in the last couple of weeks been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/arts\/philadelphia-art-museum-rebrand-logo-griffin-20251103.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">criticized and praised for the rebranding and renaming<\/a> of the former Philadelphia Museum of Art.<\/p>\n<p>Much is at stake for the museum and the city on the cusp of the Semiquincentennial next year, as well as for Suda \u2014 a Canadian citizen who is in the U.S. on a work visa.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Stay tuned for more on this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"News The museum director was terminated via email for \u201ccause\u201d this morning. 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