Richard Armstrong is Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York.
Education:
BA in Art History, Lake Forest College
He also studied at the Université de Paris, Sorbonne, and the Université de Dijon.
Background:
Mr. Armstrong grew up in Kansas City, MO. Prior to joining the Guggenheim in November of 2008, Mr. Armstrong was the Henry J. Heinz II Director of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh since 1996. During his 12 years of leadership at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Mr. Armstrong spearheaded the renovation of many of the museum’s galleries, including the Scaife Galleries, the Heinz Galleries, and the expansion of the Heinz Architectural Center. He was also responsible for expanding the museum’s collections with the purchase of significant pieces of contemporary art, including, in 2006, a joint acquisition with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo of Rachel Whiteread's large-scale sculptural installation Untitled (Domestic), 2002.
Prior to his appointment as Director of the Carnegie Museum, Mr. Armstrong served four years as Chief Curator and Curator of Contemporary Art. From 1981 to 1992, he was a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, where he organized four biennials, as well as exhibitions on Richard Artschwager and The New Sculpture 1965-75. He also served as a curator at La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California.
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