NEW YORK—The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum has announced Carmen Giménez as its new curator of 20th-century art, the New York Times reports. She has been at the museum for 20 years, and replaces Robert Rosenblum, who passed away in 2006. The museum has also named two new trustees to its board: Greek businessman Dimitris Daskalopoulos, who has previously been a member of the Guggenheim’s International Director’s Council, and Theodor Dalenson, a Swedish venture capitalist.

NEW YORK—The Nation has announced Barry Schwabsky as its new art critic. Schwabsky has written for the magazine since 2005, and has also been published in Flash Art (Milan), Artforum, the London Review of Books, and Art in America. He has also written several books and volumes of poetry.

INDIANAPOLIS— Dr. Gregory Dale Smith has been chosen to lead the new Conservation Science Laboratory at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the institute announced Thursday. Smith will oversee the hiring of staff for the new laboratory. Currently, Smith holds the position of Andrew W. Mellon assistant professor of Conservation Science at Buffalo State College. He will join the IMA on Dec. 28.

LIVERPOOL, England—The board of National Museums Liverpool has announced three new trustees, all appointed on the recommendation of Chairman Phil Redman. The Liverpool Daily Post reports that the new board members are James Jones, the Bishop of Liverpool; Sir Robert Crawford, who previously served as director general of the Imperial War Museum; and lawyer Nisha Katona. All three will serve a term that ends in March 2013.

DELAND, Fla.— Kathryn Peterson has been named director of the new Florida Museum for Women Artists, which will open Nov. 14. A longtime resident of the area who earned her degree at the University of Central Florida, Peterson comes most recently from the Museum of Florida Art in DeLand, where she served as administrative and marketing director.

LOS ANGELES—Grant-making and arts advocacy organization United States Artists (USA) has announced the appointment of three new directors to its leadership board. They are Rosalba Rolon, a former recipient of a USA fellowship and an actor, director, and writer, as well as the artistic director of the Pregones Theater in the Bronx, N.Y; Shawn Donnelly, a Chicago philanthropist and philanthropic consultant; and Steven H. Oliver of San Francisco, also an arts philanthropist.  

Farewells
SAN FRANCISCO—Art collector and Gap Inc. founder Donald Fisher died Sept. 27 after a lengthy battle with cancer. He was 81. Along with his wife, Doris, Fisher is credited with changing the retail clothing business in America with the 1969 launch of Gap, which brought stylish, well-made clothes to the masses by making them affordable while also appealing to a younger generation. In addition, Fisher was an important figure in the art world, with an extensive collection of contemporary art that included such major figures as Richard Diebenkorn, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, and Willem de Kooning. On Friday, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art said it would it soon become the new home for the Fishers’ collection, which will be housed in a new wing. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom said Fisher’s “unwavering commitment to our city's arts and civic culture will be remembered for generations to come.''

LONDON—Graphic artist Michael English died on Sept. 25 after a five-year battle with bone-marrow cancer, the Times (London) reports. He was 68. English broke onto the scene in the 1960s, designing posters and marketing material for popular London club UFO. One half of the design duo Hapshash & The Coloured Coat with partner Nigel Waymouth, English created posters for major musicians like Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix. The two also briefly formed a rock group under the same name. English also created works for the advertising campaigns of companies like McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, and Porsche. His work is in the permanent collections of Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.