Dallas Museum Of Art's Director Stepping Down

DALLAS (AP) - The Dallas Museum of Art says its director is stepping down in May for unspecified health reasons.

The museum said in a news release Friday that Bonnie Pitman will help with special projects through next April and assist in the search for a new director.

Pitman joined the museum in 2000 and assumed the role of director in 2008.

The museum says that Olivier Meslay will serve as interim director. Meslay currently leads the museum's departments of European and American art.

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