Museum of Fine Arts Boston Names Current Conservation Head Pierre Terjanian as Next Director and CEO

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, generally considered the top art museum in that city, named its new director and CEO on Thursday, the museum announced in a press statement.Pierre Terjanian, 56, the museum’s current chief of curatorial affairs and conservation, will take up the role starting in July. Terjanian was picked after a seven-month search and succeeds Matthew Teitelbaum, who has been the director since 2015.“The predominant feeling is the excitement,” Terjanian told th