PhotoOn Tuesday, Thomas Campbell, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s director, announced his resignation. This opening provides the Met’s board an opportunity to consider naming its first female director in the museum’s 147-year history. This bias against female leadership sometimes extends to museums’ efforts to integrate museum education with academic art history. It is not just female artists who are underrepresented in museums, but female scholars as well, particularly those of color. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThere are several theories for why no woman has yet to serve as director of the Met.

Source: New York Times March 02, 2017 20:03 UTC