As director of the Toldeo Museum of Art, he organized a pathbreaking (and record-breaking) El Greco exhibition. As president of the Rhode Island School of Design, he built a new museum and quadrupled the endowment. And when a member of the Qatari royal family was determined to turn Doha into an international art destination, she hired him to direct the Qatar Museums Authority, where he oversaw the new Museum of Islamic Art (designed by I.M. Pei) and National Museum of Qatar (designed by Jean Nouvel). – The New York Times
