{"id":165239,"date":"2015-01-29T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T16:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webadmin.news-harvard.go-vip.net\/gazette\/gazette\/?p=165239"},"modified":"2015-01-29T11:25:52","modified_gmt":"2015-01-29T16:25:52","slug":"lentz-to-step-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/01\/lentz-to-step-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Lentz to step down"},"content":{"rendered":"<header\n\tclass=\"wp-block-harvard-gazette-article-header alignfull article-header is-style-square has-light-background has-colored-heading\"\n\tstyle=\" \"\n>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__content\">\n\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\tclass=\"article-header__category\"\n\t\t\thref=\"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/campus-community\/\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\tCampus &amp; Community\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t<h1 class=\"article-header__title wp-block-heading has-large-text\">\n\t\tLentz to step down\t<\/h1>\n\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"article-header__meta\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-post-author\">\n\t\t\t<address class=\"wp-block-post-author__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/address>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<time class=\"article-header__date\" datetime=\"2015-01-29\">\n\t\t\tJanuary 29, 2015\t\t<\/time>\n\n\t\t<span class=\"article-header__reading-time\">\n\t\t\t6 min read\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"article-header__subheading wp-block-heading\">\n\t\t\tFor more than a dozen years, he directed the Harvard Art Museums through a massive reimagining and relaunch \t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t<p>After reimagining and successfully rebuilding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\">Harvard Art Museums,<\/a> and more than a decade at the helm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/about\/directors-message\">Thomas W. Lentz,<\/a> the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director, will step down on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes two months after the successful launch of the Harvard Art Museums\u2019 new facility, which was designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The redevelopment was spearheaded by Lentz, and founded on the decade of collaborative planning that he inspired and helped lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom Lentz has made an extraordinary and enduring contribution to Harvard by leading the transformation of the Harvard Art Museums into the magnificent \u2018teaching machine\u2019 that opened last fall,\u201d said Harvard University President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvard.edu\/president\/biography\">Drew Faust. <\/a> \u201cHis vision did not just include the creation of\u00a0exhilarating new spaces, but the reconceptualization of the place of art \u2014 and the museums\u2019 treasures \u2014 in the curriculum and in the life of the University and its wider community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom never faltered in his dedication to this project, overcoming organizational, financial, and myriad other challenges with unrelenting \u2014 and quietly understated, yet compelling \u2014 zeal,\u201d Faust added. \u201cHe leaves a legacy that will benefit us all for decades to come. He has earned both our profound gratitude and our deepest admiration.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Excerpt from Harvard Art Museums: The Light Machine<\/h4><div class=\"soundbytes\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F187333305&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;color=A51C30\"><\/iframe><div class=\"soundbytes_content\">The renovated and expanded Harvard Art Museums reopened on Nov. 16, 2014 with a new building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano that unites the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum under one shining glass roof. For more about the renovation, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/features.harvard.edu\/arts-shining-future\">Art&#8217;s Shining Future<\/a>. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\n<p>Last Nov. 16, the reinvigorated and newly integrated Harvard Art Museums, which include the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler museums, opened to the public. The 204,000-square-foot facility contains new public pathways through the historic Calderwood Courtyard, more than 50 galleries and public spaces, a 5,000-square-foot art-study center, a gift shop and caf\u00e9, a 300-seat lecture hall, and glass-walled laboratories for the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/teaching-and-research\/research-centers\/straus-center-for-conservation-and-technical-studies\"> Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies<\/a> under a pyramid-shaped glass roof.<\/p>\n<p>The facility contains multiple platforms to support Harvard teaching and learning and now has 40 percent more gallery space, enabling substantially more of Harvard\u2019s 250,000-piece art collection, one of the country\u2019s largest, to be viewed by the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always believed in the intrinsic power of original works of art \u2014 how they encourage us to look closely and engage us deeply in discussion and debate. We always knew the museums and our collections could be used to teach in new and different ways to support all disciplines,\u201d said Lentz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe museums have been taken apart and put back together again to create a new kind of teaching facility that is already realizing its potential, so in large part our goal has been accomplished,\u201d Lentz continued. \u201cThe enormous talents of our staff will help to facilitate the work we do with faculty, students, University partners, and the public. And with the support of a superior senior management team, the next director will be building on a strong foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appointed director in 2003, Lentz arrived at a time when the University was on the cusp of academic and administrative change. For years, University officials had been discussing ways to address the pressing infrastructure needs of its aging museums at 32 Quincy St., but questions remained about where, when, and how. Faust, who was appointed president in 2007, brought a new focus on the arts as an integral part of the intellectual life of the University. The art museums\u2019 role consequently became even more critical to the University\u2019s core mission of research and teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom\u2019s vision for the museums encompassed much more than infrastructure improvements. He wanted to ensure that they took their rightful place at the center of University life, seeing them as integral to teaching and learning, and relevant to all disciplines,\u201d said Provost <a href=\"http:\/\/provost.harvard.edu\/people\/alan-m-garber\">Alan M. Garber. <\/a> \u201cHe reconceived the role of a university art museum in advanced education in the early 21st century, and, by extension, the role of the art museum in the broader culture in the early 21st century. He has overcome daunting obstacles in bringing his vision to life in the new building, succeeding brilliantly, and he\u2019s left us a powerful roadmap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early in his tenure, Lentz paused design work on a new museums facility to undertake a years-long strategic planning process. The outcome was a University-endorsed vision for an innovative, interdisciplinary arts laboratory where original works of art would serve as engines for inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the new facility, Lentz and senior management oversaw important operational improvements at the museums, including the realignment of the curatorial divisions to encourage more collaboration and cross-pollination of the collections. Put in place was a new organizational structure that included a Division of Academic and Public Programs, charged with building bridges to teaching and learning for faculty, students, and the public. The museums\u2019 staff also worked with faculty and administrators to create a plan to leverage the new facility\u2019s spaces and programs to support teaching and learning, a plan outlined in a white paper titled \u201cA Sketch of the New Harvard Art Museums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the moment he arrived as director, Tom inspired us all by the example of integrity, work ethic,\u00a0analytical\u00a0thinking, collaboration, and deep intelligence he brought to the project.\u00a0And he is not afraid to make decisions, which was essential to bringing us to today,\u201d said Deborah Martin Kao, chief curator and Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography. \u201cHe is the type of director who always deflects credit for his many, many\u00a0achievements, while simultaneously encouraging\u00a0his staff to be creative and to bring forward best ideas.\u00a0I think these attributes fundamentally changed the\u00a0institution, and today they inform every aspect of the way we work together to\u00a0achieve\u00a0the goals and meet the ambition of our research, teaching, and learning mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lentz served on University committees to break down barriers and create more space for faculty to engage the art museums\u2019 strengths, collaborating with new academic and programmatic partners and inviting their collections and programming to be featured at the museums. Numerous works from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peabody.harvard.edu\">Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography,<\/a> for example, are now featured in the University Collections Gallery. Also promoted was the unique and important role that conservation and conservation science plays within the art museums, and its central role is underscored in its new laboratories and the museums\u2019 inaugural exhibition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/visit\/exhibitions\/4768\/mark-rothkos-harvard-murals\">\u201cMark Rothko\u2019s Harvard Murals.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lentz also worked tirelessly to garner financial backing for the renovation and expansion project. With the support of gifts totaling more than $250 million, the project is viewed as one of Harvard\u2019s most successful fundraising campaigns for a capital project. Meanwhile, Lentz and the curatorial staff developed an acquisition strategy that would significantly strengthen the collections. They also introduced important collections through promised gifts, such as the Feinberg Collection, approximately 300 exquisite Japanese screens and hanging scrolls, and through the strong support of longtime donors, such as Emily Rauh Pulitzer, who provided significant funding and has given many major works of modern and contemporary art to strengthen the collections.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard will immediately begin a comprehensive search for the museums\u2019 next director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After successfully rebuilding the Harvard Art Museums, and more than a decade at the helm, Director Thomas W. 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Also promoted was the unique and important role that conservation and conservation science plays within the art museums, and its central role is underscored in its new laboratories and the museums\u2019 inaugural exhibition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/visit\/exhibitions\/4768\/mark-rothkos-harvard-murals\">\u201cMark Rothko\u2019s Harvard Murals.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lentz also worked tirelessly to garner financial backing for the renovation and expansion project. With the support of gifts totaling more than $250 million, the project is viewed as one of Harvard\u2019s most successful fundraising campaigns for a capital project. Meanwhile, Lentz and the curatorial staff developed an acquisition strategy that would significantly strengthen the collections. They also introduced important collections through promised gifts, such as the Feinberg Collection, approximately 300 exquisite Japanese screens and hanging scrolls, and through the strong support of longtime donors, such as Emily Rauh Pulitzer, who provided significant funding and has given many major works of modern and contemporary art to strengthen the collections.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard will immediately begin a comprehensive search for the museums\u2019 next director.<\/p>\n\n"],"rendered":"\n<p>Last Nov. 16, the reinvigorated and newly integrated Harvard Art Museums, which include the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler museums, opened to the public. The 204,000-square-foot facility contains new public pathways through the historic Calderwood Courtyard, more than 50 galleries and public spaces, a 5,000-square-foot art-study center, a gift shop and caf\u00e9, a 300-seat lecture hall, and glass-walled laboratories for the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/teaching-and-research\/research-centers\/straus-center-for-conservation-and-technical-studies\"> Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies<\/a> under a pyramid-shaped glass roof.<\/p>\n<p>The facility contains multiple platforms to support Harvard teaching and learning and now has 40 percent more gallery space, enabling substantially more of Harvard\u2019s 250,000-piece art collection, one of the country\u2019s largest, to be viewed by the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always believed in the intrinsic power of original works of art \u2014 how they encourage us to look closely and engage us deeply in discussion and debate. We always knew the museums and our collections could be used to teach in new and different ways to support all disciplines,\u201d said Lentz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe museums have been taken apart and put back together again to create a new kind of teaching facility that is already realizing its potential, so in large part our goal has been accomplished,\u201d Lentz continued. \u201cThe enormous talents of our staff will help to facilitate the work we do with faculty, students, University partners, and the public. And with the support of a superior senior management team, the next director will be building on a strong foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appointed director in 2003, Lentz arrived at a time when the University was on the cusp of academic and administrative change. For years, University officials had been discussing ways to address the pressing infrastructure needs of its aging museums at 32 Quincy St., but questions remained about where, when, and how. Faust, who was appointed president in 2007, brought a new focus on the arts as an integral part of the intellectual life of the University. The art museums\u2019 role consequently became even more critical to the University\u2019s core mission of research and teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom\u2019s vision for the museums encompassed much more than infrastructure improvements. He wanted to ensure that they took their rightful place at the center of University life, seeing them as integral to teaching and learning, and relevant to all disciplines,\u201d said Provost <a href=\"http:\/\/provost.harvard.edu\/people\/alan-m-garber\">Alan M. Garber. <\/a> \u201cHe reconceived the role of a university art museum in advanced education in the early 21st century, and, by extension, the role of the art museum in the broader culture in the early 21st century. He has overcome daunting obstacles in bringing his vision to life in the new building, succeeding brilliantly, and he\u2019s left us a powerful roadmap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early in his tenure, Lentz paused design work on a new museums facility to undertake a years-long strategic planning process. The outcome was a University-endorsed vision for an innovative, interdisciplinary arts laboratory where original works of art would serve as engines for inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the new facility, Lentz and senior management oversaw important operational improvements at the museums, including the realignment of the curatorial divisions to encourage more collaboration and cross-pollination of the collections. Put in place was a new organizational structure that included a Division of Academic and Public Programs, charged with building bridges to teaching and learning for faculty, students, and the public. The museums\u2019 staff also worked with faculty and administrators to create a plan to leverage the new facility\u2019s spaces and programs to support teaching and learning, a plan outlined in a white paper titled \u201cA Sketch of the New Harvard Art Museums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the moment he arrived as director, Tom inspired us all by the example of integrity, work ethic,\u00a0analytical\u00a0thinking, collaboration, and deep intelligence he brought to the project.\u00a0And he is not afraid to make decisions, which was essential to bringing us to today,\u201d said Deborah Martin Kao, chief curator and Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography. \u201cHe is the type of director who always deflects credit for his many, many\u00a0achievements, while simultaneously encouraging\u00a0his staff to be creative and to bring forward best ideas.\u00a0I think these attributes fundamentally changed the\u00a0institution, and today they inform every aspect of the way we work together to\u00a0achieve\u00a0the goals and meet the ambition of our research, teaching, and learning mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lentz served on University committees to break down barriers and create more space for faculty to engage the art museums\u2019 strengths, collaborating with new academic and programmatic partners and inviting their collections and programming to be featured at the museums. Numerous works from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peabody.harvard.edu\">Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography,<\/a> for example, are now featured in the University Collections Gallery. Also promoted was the unique and important role that conservation and conservation science plays within the art museums, and its central role is underscored in its new laboratories and the museums\u2019 inaugural exhibition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/visit\/exhibitions\/4768\/mark-rothkos-harvard-murals\">\u201cMark Rothko\u2019s Harvard Murals.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lentz also worked tirelessly to garner financial backing for the renovation and expansion project. With the support of gifts totaling more than $250 million, the project is viewed as one of Harvard\u2019s most successful fundraising campaigns for a capital project. Meanwhile, Lentz and the curatorial staff developed an acquisition strategy that would significantly strengthen the collections. They also introduced important collections through promised gifts, such as the Feinberg Collection, approximately 300 exquisite Japanese screens and hanging scrolls, and through the strong support of longtime donors, such as Emily Rauh Pulitzer, who provided significant funding and has given many major works of modern and contemporary art to strengthen the collections.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard will immediately begin a comprehensive search for the museums\u2019 next director.<\/p>\n\n"}],"innerHTML":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\">\n\n\r\n\r\n\n\n<\/div>\n","innerContent":["\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide\">\n\n","\r\n","\r\n","\n\n<\/div>\n"],"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n\n\n\t\t<p>After reimagining and successfully rebuilding the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\">Harvard Art Museums,<\/a> and more than a decade at the helm, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/about\/directors-message\">Thomas W. Lentz,<\/a> the Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director, will step down on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes two months after the successful launch of the Harvard Art Museums\u2019 new facility, which was designed by the Renzo Piano Building Workshop. The redevelopment was spearheaded by Lentz, and founded on the decade of collaborative planning that he inspired and helped lead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom Lentz has made an extraordinary and enduring contribution to Harvard by leading the transformation of the Harvard Art Museums into the magnificent \u2018teaching machine\u2019 that opened last fall,\u201d said Harvard University President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvard.edu\/president\/biography\">Drew Faust. <\/a> \u201cHis vision did not just include the creation of\u00a0exhilarating new spaces, but the reconceptualization of the place of art \u2014 and the museums\u2019 treasures \u2014 in the curriculum and in the life of the University and its wider community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom never faltered in his dedication to this project, overcoming organizational, financial, and myriad other challenges with unrelenting \u2014 and quietly understated, yet compelling \u2014 zeal,\u201d Faust added. \u201cHe leaves a legacy that will benefit us all for decades to come. He has earned both our profound gratitude and our deepest admiration.\u201d<\/p>\n\r\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Excerpt from Harvard Art Museums: The Light Machine<\/h4><div class=\"soundbytes\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F187333305&amp;auto_play=false&amp;show_artwork=false&amp;color=A51C30\"><\/iframe><div class=\"soundbytes_content\">The renovated and expanded Harvard Art Museums reopened on Nov. 16, 2014 with a new building designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano that unites the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum under one shining glass roof. For more about the renovation, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/features.harvard.edu\/arts-shining-future\">Art's Shining Future<\/a>. <\/div><\/div>\r\n\n<p>Last Nov. 16, the reinvigorated and newly integrated Harvard Art Museums, which include the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger and Arthur M. Sackler museums, opened to the public. The 204,000-square-foot facility contains new public pathways through the historic Calderwood Courtyard, more than 50 galleries and public spaces, a 5,000-square-foot art-study center, a gift shop and caf\u00e9, a 300-seat lecture hall, and glass-walled laboratories for the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/teaching-and-research\/research-centers\/straus-center-for-conservation-and-technical-studies\"> Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies<\/a> under a pyramid-shaped glass roof.<\/p>\n<p>The facility contains multiple platforms to support Harvard teaching and learning and now has 40 percent more gallery space, enabling substantially more of Harvard\u2019s 250,000-piece art collection, one of the country\u2019s largest, to be viewed by the public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have always believed in the intrinsic power of original works of art \u2014 how they encourage us to look closely and engage us deeply in discussion and debate. We always knew the museums and our collections could be used to teach in new and different ways to support all disciplines,\u201d said Lentz.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe museums have been taken apart and put back together again to create a new kind of teaching facility that is already realizing its potential, so in large part our goal has been accomplished,\u201d Lentz continued. \u201cThe enormous talents of our staff will help to facilitate the work we do with faculty, students, University partners, and the public. And with the support of a superior senior management team, the next director will be building on a strong foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Appointed director in 2003, Lentz arrived at a time when the University was on the cusp of academic and administrative change. For years, University officials had been discussing ways to address the pressing infrastructure needs of its aging museums at 32 Quincy St., but questions remained about where, when, and how. Faust, who was appointed president in 2007, brought a new focus on the arts as an integral part of the intellectual life of the University. The art museums\u2019 role consequently became even more critical to the University\u2019s core mission of research and teaching.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTom\u2019s vision for the museums encompassed much more than infrastructure improvements. He wanted to ensure that they took their rightful place at the center of University life, seeing them as integral to teaching and learning, and relevant to all disciplines,\u201d said Provost <a href=\"http:\/\/provost.harvard.edu\/people\/alan-m-garber\">Alan M. Garber. <\/a> \u201cHe reconceived the role of a university art museum in advanced education in the early 21st century, and, by extension, the role of the art museum in the broader culture in the early 21st century. He has overcome daunting obstacles in bringing his vision to life in the new building, succeeding brilliantly, and he\u2019s left us a powerful roadmap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Early in his tenure, Lentz paused design work on a new museums facility to undertake a years-long strategic planning process. The outcome was a University-endorsed vision for an innovative, interdisciplinary arts laboratory where original works of art would serve as engines for inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the new facility, Lentz and senior management oversaw important operational improvements at the museums, including the realignment of the curatorial divisions to encourage more collaboration and cross-pollination of the collections. Put in place was a new organizational structure that included a Division of Academic and Public Programs, charged with building bridges to teaching and learning for faculty, students, and the public. The museums\u2019 staff also worked with faculty and administrators to create a plan to leverage the new facility\u2019s spaces and programs to support teaching and learning, a plan outlined in a white paper titled \u201cA Sketch of the New Harvard Art Museums.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the moment he arrived as director, Tom inspired us all by the example of integrity, work ethic,\u00a0analytical\u00a0thinking, collaboration, and deep intelligence he brought to the project.\u00a0And he is not afraid to make decisions, which was essential to bringing us to today,\u201d said Deborah Martin Kao, chief curator and Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography. \u201cHe is the type of director who always deflects credit for his many, many\u00a0achievements, while simultaneously encouraging\u00a0his staff to be creative and to bring forward best ideas.\u00a0I think these attributes fundamentally changed the\u00a0institution, and today they inform every aspect of the way we work together to\u00a0achieve\u00a0the goals and meet the ambition of our research, teaching, and learning mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lentz served on University committees to break down barriers and create more space for faculty to engage the art museums\u2019 strengths, collaborating with new academic and programmatic partners and inviting their collections and programming to be featured at the museums. Numerous works from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peabody.harvard.edu\">Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography,<\/a> for example, are now featured in the University Collections Gallery. Also promoted was the unique and important role that conservation and conservation science plays within the art museums, and its central role is underscored in its new laboratories and the museums\u2019 inaugural exhibition, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harvardartmuseums.org\/visit\/exhibitions\/4768\/mark-rothkos-harvard-murals\">\u201cMark Rothko\u2019s Harvard Murals.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lentz also worked tirelessly to garner financial backing for the renovation and expansion project. With the support of gifts totaling more than $250 million, the project is viewed as one of Harvard\u2019s most successful fundraising campaigns for a capital project. Meanwhile, Lentz and the curatorial staff developed an acquisition strategy that would significantly strengthen the collections. They also introduced important collections through promised gifts, such as the Feinberg Collection, approximately 300 exquisite Japanese screens and hanging scrolls, and through the strong support of longtime donors, such as Emily Rauh Pulitzer, who provided significant funding and has given many major works of modern and contemporary art to strengthen the collections.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard will immediately begin a comprehensive search for the museums\u2019 next director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n"}},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":170504,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2015\/05\/mission-accomplished\/","url_meta":{"origin":165239,"position":0},"title":"Mission accomplished","author":"harvardgazette","date":"May 28, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"After more than a decade as director, Thomas Lentz is departing, with sparkling, renewed Harvard Art Museums as his legacy.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Campus &amp; Community&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Campus &amp; Community","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/campus-community\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/032414_lentz_thomas_426_605.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/032414_lentz_thomas_426_605.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/032414_lentz_thomas_426_605.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":146323,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2013\/09\/peering-into-the-fogg\/","url_meta":{"origin":165239,"position":1},"title":"Peering into the Fogg","author":"harvardgazette","date":"September 13, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Harvard Art Museums officials offered an early look at the progress of the renovation and expansion project that will unite the Fogg, Busch-Reisinger, and Sackler museums under one roof.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arts &amp; Culture&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arts &amp; Culture","link":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/section\/arts-humanities\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/090513_ham_167_605.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/090513_ham_167_605.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/090513_ham_167_605.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17861,"url":"https:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2003\/10\/thomas-w-lentz-named-new-director-of-huam\/","url_meta":{"origin":165239,"position":2},"title":"Thomas W. 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