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Sacramento’s oldest museum has enlisted the expertise of Agustín Arteaga to help guide the Crocker Art Museum toward a more expansive and innovative future.
Arteaga, the newly appointed Mort and Marcy Friedman director and CEO of the Crocker, began his tenure on July 1. Arteaga had previously served as a director in art museums in Mexico and, most recently, Dallas. In this role, he is overseeing a 140-year-old nonprofit institution and the oldest museum in the western United States. He took over the role following the retirement of Lial Jones, who had been at the helm for 25 years.
While Arteaga keeps some surprises under wraps, he teased one upcoming moment that speaks to the serendipity of his career: “Someone asked me, ‘Are you bringing the Two Fridas?’” Arteaga said, referring to iconic artist Frida Kahlo and two of her paintings that were a part of the “Frida: Beyond the Myth” exhibit that Arteaga curated last year. “I may not bring the two Fridas, but I may bring something very exciting very soon.”