Max Hollein

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Full Name	Max Hollein
Occupation	Art Historian
Date Of Birth	Jul 7, 1969(1969-07-07)
Age	55
Birthplace	Vienna
Country	Austria
Horoscope	Cancer

Max Hollein Biography

Max Hollein is one of the most popular and richest Art Historian who was born on July 7, 1969 in Vienna, Austria.

Max Hollein (born 7 July 1969) is an Austrian art historian and the current Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He served as Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco from July 2016, until April 2018, the Metropolitan Museum of Art announced that Hollein would become its 10th director while reporting to Daniel H. Weiss, the president of the Met.

From 1996 until the end of 2000, he worked closely with Guggenheim director Thomas Krens, initially as “Executive Assistant to the Director“ and, from 1998 onward, as “Chief of Staff and Manager of European Relations“ responsible for key projects such as the establishment of the exhibition halls “Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin” and “Guggenheim Las Vegas”. He was also involved in fundraising, travelling exhibitions, the inauguration activities at Guggenheim Bilbao as well as liaising with European cultural institutions, collectors, media, curators and sponsors.

Max Hollein Net Worth

Max Hollein is one of the richest Art Historian from Austria. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Max Hollein 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hollein was born in Vienna in 1969 to architect Hans Hollein and Helene Hollein. He studied art history at the University of Vienna and business administration at the Vienna University of Economics. During this period, he also free-lanced for the business section of the national daily newspaper “Der Standard”. In 1995, following the successful completion of his studies with two master’s degrees, one in art history and the other in business administration, he moved to New York City to take on the position of project director of exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.

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Since his appointment Hollein has instituted a major restructuring of the museum organization and has added the institution’s first contemporary curator; Claudia Schmuckli. Hollein has successfully launched a contemporary art initiative, bringing the work of living artists into dialogue with the buildings and collections of the de Young Museum and Legion of Honor, with exhibitions by Urs Fischer and Sarah Lucas at the Legion of Honor and Carsten Nicolai and Leonardo Drew at the de Young museum. In January 2017, the institution announced a significant new addition to its collection of American art through the acquisition of 62 works by 22 contemporary African American artists, including Thornton Dial’s Blood And Meat: Survival For the World (1992) and Lost Cows (2000-1), Joe Light’s Dawn (1988), Jessie T. Pettway’s Bars and String-Pierced Columns (1950’s), Lonnie Holley’s Him and Her Hold the Root (1994) and Joe Minter’s Camel at the Watering Hole (1995). Since his appointment he has opened several critically acclaimed exhibitions, including The Brothers Le Nain: Painters of Seventeenth Century France, Frank Stella: A Retrospective, Danny Lyon: Message to the Future, Monet: The Earl Years and Stuart Davis: In Full Swing. The Summer of Love Experience: Art, Fashion, and Rock & Roll marked the end of his first year in tenure. The exhibition celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love. Over its 19-week run, it drew almost 270,000 visitors and 400.000 online visits from around the world, making the exhibition the highest attendance in recent years.

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Early in his tenure, Hollein said he would focus on further injecting modern and contemporary art into The Met’s main Fifth Avenue building. He announced a comprehensive program to that effect, including site-specific commissions from contemporary artists Wangechi Mutu and Kent Monkman, as well as the debut presentation of a new video installation by contemporary artist Ragnar Kjartansson. The Museum also announced plans for a $70 million renovation of its galleries for the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas, as well as progress on previously announced plans to remodel its Modern Wing. In July 2019, the Museum reported that it had over 7 million visitors for a third year in a row.