Daniel Hug Named Director of Art Cologne

NEW YORK—Karen Gray has been appointed General Counsel, Art Business, for the Americas, by Christie's. The position is a newly created one, following the establishment of a global Legal and Risk Management Services team at the company. Gray will oversee all legal affairs for any art-related activities in the Americas, as well as working closely with the company's art restitution department. She begins her position, which is based in New York, March 31. She was previously senior vice president and principal legal counsel of Reuters America's Business Support Group.

PARK CITY, Utah—The Kimball Art Center has announced that its executive director, Pam Crowe-Weisberg, has resigned, the Park Record reports. Having led the nonprofit arts institution since January 2004, she left for family-related reasons. Among her accomplishments as director, Crowe-Weisberg brought 21 exhibits to the center and helped develop Arte Latino, a celebration of Utah artists of Latin American descent. Crowe-Weisberg joined the center after a 30-year stint in the fashion industry in New York.

COLOGNE, Germany—Art Cologne has announced that gallerist and art dealer Daniel Hug will serve as the fair's new director, effective May 1, after this year's edition of the fair, which runs April 16 to 20. Gerard Goodrow, the previous director, stepped down in January amid worries about the event's future, as it faces a mounting loss of exhibitors and visitors. Hug owns a gallery in L.A. and has participated in fairs including Liste Basel, Art Forum Berlin, Art Chicago, Art Cologne, and Art Basel Miami Beach. The grandson of Hungarian artist Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, he also worked as a consultant for Art Chicago. 

DOHA, Qatar—Roger Mandle has been named the new executive director of the Qatar Museums Authority, the organization responsible for planning an entire complex of museums for the emirate, including the I.M Pei–designed Museum of Islamic Arts in Doha, Providence Business News reports. Mandle currently serves as the president of the Rhode Island School of Design and announced in February that he would leave his post when his contract expires on July 31. He has been in the position since 1994, making him the longest-serving president in the university's history. Before his time at RISD, Mandle worked as the deputy director and chief curator of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. and as the director of the Toledo Museum of Art.