Weeks after launching a rebrand in October, Sasha Suda was fired from her role as director and CEO of the Philadelphia Art Museum.

The Philadelphia Art Museum said in a statement Tuesday that Suda, who had been in the position since June 2022, is out as director and CEO, but declined to say why. Louis Marchesano, the deputy director of curatorial affairs and conservation, will lead day-to-day operations at the art museum while it seeks an interim director and CEO.

"The Board of Trustees is focused on fulfilling the museum's mission as we enter our 150th year," the Philadelphia Art Museum said in a statement.

Suda, an Ontario, Canada, native, joined the Philadelphia Art Museum in 2022 after she was the director and CEO of the National Gallery of Canada.

Suda's firing came after the

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