J. Paul The Getty Trust has appointed former Museum of Modern Art director Glenn D. Lowry and French philanthropist and collector Lionel M. Sauvage to its board of directors. The pair will begin serving as trustees in 2026.
“It is a great honor and pleasure to welcome Glenn and Lionel to the Getty Board of Directors. Both have lifelong commitment to the arts and deep and varied experience. Their contributions will benefit Getty in countless ways,” Getty President and CEO Katherine E. Fleming said in a statement. “I have known and witnessed each of them in action over the years, and I look forward to what they will bring to Getty as we work to transform our visitor experience and expand our global reach.”
Lowry resigned as director of the Museum of Modern Art in September, ending a 30-year tenure and becoming the longest-serving leader in the institution’s history. Lowry led MoMA through several major changes, including two renovations and an expansion.
The 2019 expansion increased MoMA’s square footage to 708,000 square feet while creating impactful redisplays of the collection, breaking down barriers between art, architecture, dance, film and other historically siled disciplines. His accomplishments also include the merger of PS1, a former contemporary art space at a Long Island City school, with MoMA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation and an advisory board member of the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, the Mori Art Museum, and the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.
French-American financier and collector Liones Sauvage has held leadership positions in numerous cultural institutions, including the American Friends of the Louvre and the Wallace Collection in London. Sauvage currently serves as president of Les Arts Décoratif, a French non-profit organization that includes the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Musée Nissim de Camondo and Ecole Camondo, Paris’ leading design and interior design school.
An expert on 18th-century French art, he lent works from his collection to Domaine de Chantilly for exhibitions. In recognition of his patronage, he was made an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters and a Chevalier of the Order of Merit.
As of 2023, the J. Paul Getty Trust’s endowment is $8.59 billion, making it the richest arts trust in the world. It supports the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Foundation, the Getty Research Institute and the Getty Conservation Institute.
