Malcolm Austin Rogers

Art curator who has served as the director of the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA), since 1994. His mission has included sharing the Museum's encyclopedic collection with the world, welcoming new and diverse audiences to the MFA, and enhancing arts education programs. Rogers also embarked on a visionary building expansion and renovation at the Museum. The project includes a new Art of the Americas Wing and the Family Courtyard, which opened in November 2010, as well as new galleries, educational spaces, conservation labs, and a visitor center. He has also sought to significantly expand the museum's collections by hiring key curators to drive the acquisition and donation of art process; the MFA's purchase of a piece by Degas is the most expensive undertaken by the museum. Prior to his arrival at the MFA, served as deputy director (from 1983) and deputy keeper (from 1985) at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Rogers also is the recipient of several awards marking his significant contribution to furthering the arts and letters in the United States and abroad, including, Commander, Order of the British Empire (CBE), presented by HM The Queen (2003), Chevalier L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2007), Commendatore al Merito della Rupubblica Italiana (2009), Ecomienda de la Orden de Isabel la Catolica (2010), and Foundation for Italian Art and Culture (FIAC) Excellancy Award (2010).