After A 15 Month Search Smart Museum Gets Gass

In 2005, when Anthony Hirschel was just starting his job as director of the University of Chicago’s Smart Museum of Art, the little academic institution was poised for a big expansion.

This week the university finally announced Hirschel’s successor: Alison Gass, currently chief curator and associate director for exhibitions and collections at Stanford University’s Cantor Arts Center, will be the new Smart Museum director.   

   Gass will start at the Smart May 1.