Alex Rich is in high gear.

New business cards are freshly inked with the title “President and CEO, Gibbes Museum of Art” below his name, H. Alexander Rich.

He’s also mastering the menus at Gibbes-proximate lunch spots like Basic Kitchen, where Charleston City Paper first connected with him.

At his new home just across the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, he’s landed with his family — husband Greg, toddler son and schnauzer — who are settling into their own routines of remote work and daycare.

It’s been several months since late 2024 when Rich was first contacted about the role in national search. A specialist in modern and contemporary art history, he was then executive director and chief curator of the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art at Florida Southern College.

Fast-forward to 2025.

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