Abraham Thomas, former director of the Sir John Soane's Museum, has been named curator of architecture and design at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
Thomas said he was "thrilled and honored" to join The Met as Thomas as Daniel Brodsky Curator of Modern Architecture, Design, and Decorative Arts, a role formerly held by British curator Beatrice Galilee.
Previous roles at Smithsonian Institution and V&A
The position follows a number of architecture and design curatorial roles Thomas has held at institutions in the US and UK ? including the Smithsonian Institution, Sir John Soane's Museum and the V&A.
"He brings with him vast and varied experience and expertise, as well as a proven enthusiastic embrace of collaboration using an innovative approach," said The Met director Max Hollein. "Abraham will be a driving force for our rethinking of how we best present, contextualise and collect the intersections, commonalities, and joint ambitions of art, architecture and design."
Thomas joins The Met at "critical moment"
In his new role, Thomas will be "re-envisioning a powerful programme" that responds to current global events, according to department chairman Sheena Wagstaff.
"Abraham joins the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at a critical moment, as we develop vital new narratives around architecture and design ? especially those that engage with a global context in dialogue with historical examples ?...