Museum makes four hires

Magazzino, the Italian art museum in Philipstown, on Thursday (Sept. 19) announced a new leadership team. 

The museum named Adam Sheffer as director, Paola Mura as artistic director, Monica Eisner as chief operating officer and Nicola Lucchi as director of education for the Germano Celant Research Center. 

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Sheffer, Mura and Eisner (Photo by Marco Anelli)

Sheffer, a former president of the Art Dealers Association of America, succeeds Filippo Fossati, who was named director earlier this year. Mura is a former director of the Civic Museums of Cagliari in Italy; Eisner comes from the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and Lucchi was most recently executive director of the Center for Italian Modern Art in New York City, which closed in June.

Magazzino, dedicated to post-war and contemporary Italian art, operates on a nine-acre campus on Route 9. A year ago, it opened a second building, the Robert Olnick Pavilion, which includes Café Silvia.

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