Jill Snyder, who has served as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland for 23 years, resigned on Friday, the museum said in a statement, “to begin a transition to new leadership” for the contemporary art institution. Her departure comes nearly two weeks after Ms. Snyder publicly apologized to an artist for canceling his exhibition dealing with police killings of black and Latino boys and men. In the statement announcing her resignation, Ms. Snyder did not refer to the apology, saying, “I came to this decision with the understanding that the world at large, and our museum in particular, are in a powerful moment of disruption and possibility.” She added, “I embrace this as an opportunity to advance the movement for change that is now sweeping through our culture.”

Source: New York Times June 19, 2020 18:00 UTC