Daniel Weiss, a former president of Haverford College and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, will be the new director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum following Sasha Suda's abrupt dismissal.

Weiss will take office Dec. 1, just a few months after the institution rebranded and announced a new logo. Officials said he'll stay in the role through at least 2028, overseeing curation, operations, fundraising, programming and strategic planning. MORE: Pot Heads, a Bucks County coffee shop known for its skeleton decor, expands to Jenkintown

Prior to his return to the Philadelphia area, Weiss was the president and later CEO of the the Met from 2015 to 2023. During his tenure, he led the museum through the Covid-19 pandemic, when it was shut down to visit

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