Hasta La Ideas

After Paul Warwick Thompson announced his resignation at the Cooper-Hewitt last November, the museum has been on the hunt to find a replacement for the directorship position before he leaves in just a week’s time. Not finding anyone from the outside to come in just yet, they’ve decided to temporarily promote from the inside, choosing Caroline Baumann to take over as the acting director until a full-time replacement can be found (or seeing how Baumann does in the role?). Here’s a bit about the new lady in charge:

Ms. Baumann, who is now the museum’s deputy director, has worked since 2001 at the Cooper-Hewitt, where she has also served as director of development and director of external affairs. She had worked at the Museum of Modern Art.