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Gray Art Museum’s Alison Weaver On the Breadth of the University Museum Mandate

"University museums are uniquely positioned to serve as the connective tissue between disciplines, engaging artists and audiences in unexpected ways."

Late last month, New York University announced that Alison Weaver would serve as the next director of its Grey Art Museum. Founded in 1975, the space has offered generations of students the opportunity to realize their more experimental curatorial ideas while staging impressive exhibitions that often use the university’s collection of more than 6,000 artworks. In 2023, the institution moved to a new location with the promise of being “much more visible,” and Observer caught up with Weaver to hear more about the museum’s identity and her plans for its next phase.

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This job has you returning to the city after a decade in Houston. What would you say has changed the most since you’ve been gone, in the art world and the city at large?

The question I usually ask when returning to New York is, what hasn’t changed? After CBGBs became a luxury clothing store and Odessa became a vegan burger spot, it’s sometimes more remarkable when an institution survives. I think it’s impressive........

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