Greg Cameron, board president of The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, announced the appointment of Solveig Ovstebo as the organization’s first new executive director in nearly 40 years.
Ovstebo is currently the director of Bergen Kunsthall, an avant-garde contemporary art space in her native Norway. She is expected to start at the Renaissance Society next June. Until that time, current longtime Executive Director Susanne Ghez will remain at the helm—a position she has held since 1974.
The Renaissance Society is a non-collecting museum of contemporary art located on the campus of the University of Chicago. See www.RenaissanceSociety.org.