LOS ANGELES COUNTY : Shapiro Is Confirmed as Museum’s New Director
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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday confirmed Michael Shapiro as the new director of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
The county board was required by law to approve the appointment of Shapiro, who was picked by the museum’s Board of Trustees last Wednesday to run the facility.
Shapiro, 42, the former chief curator of the St. Louis Art Museum, will take over the reins of the Wilshire Boulevard collection on Sept. 28, at an annual salary of $96,410.
A Harvard University graduate who specializes in 19th- and 20th-Century art, sculpture and German art, Shapiro is the fourth director in the 27-year history of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, succeeding 12-year veteran Rusty Powell.
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