The longtime director of the Memorial Art Gallery is retiring. Grant Holcomb, who has been in that post since 1985, says that after an eventful year-long celebration of the gallery's 100th anniversary and the successful opening of the Centennial Sculpture Park, the timing is right for him to step down.
He will retire on July 1st of 2014. The board of managers will conduct a search for a successor.
Under Holcomb's direction, the MAG initiated high profile exhibitions featuring the work of Maxfield Parrish, Edgar Degas, Georgia O'Keeffe and Jacob Lawrence. Holcomb also supported significant initiatives between the gallery and the University of Rochester Medical Center and other organizations.