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Happenings: This Week in New York

By Andrew Russeth 1/14 6:23pm

Albright-Knox Taps Helsinki Art Museum’s Janne Sirén for Top Job

The Helsinki Art Museum’s director, Janne Sirén, who was involved with the stalled effort to build a Guggenheim outpost in the Finnish capital, has been selected as the new director of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, in Buffalo, N.Y., according to The New York Times‘ ArtsBeat blog. Read More

By Andrew Russeth 6/14/12 5:43pm

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Louis Grachos. (Courtesy Patrick McMullan Company)

Albright-Knox Director Louis Grachos Moving to the Austin Museum of Art Arthouse

Louis Grachos, director of the Buffalo N.Y.’s Albright-Knox Art Gallery, will leave that institution for a new job at the Austin Museum of Art Arthouse (AMOA-Arthouse) in January, Artforum reports. Mr. Grachos, 55, had been with the museum since January of 2003 and will stay there through December. Read More

Across the Wire

The New York Times

Michael Cooper Moves to The Times Culture Desk
Elsewhere

On the Market: NYU Helps Finance Academics' Summer Homes; Nobody Likes SeaPort City; BAM South to Move Forward
Up & Down the Street

The Return of Wall Street’s Cassandra: In Armani and Pearls, Meredith Whitney Smacks Back
Where Do We Go From Here?: Critics Lament the State of Art, but Things Are Looking Up in New Books
Race to Gracie Mansion 2013

55% of New Yorkers Can't Name a Single Mayoral Candidate