The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whose president, Daniel Weiss, will take on the role of chief executive tasked with cutting its budget deficit. Photo: Getty Images/AFPThe entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whose president, Daniel Weiss, will take on the role of chief executive tasked with cutting its budget deficit. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whose president, Daniel Weiss, will take on the role of chief executive tasked with cutting its budget deficit. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
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Metropolitan Museum names new chief executive and shakes up leadership structure as it seeks to further reduce budget deficit

Daniel Weiss, already Met president, to lead famed New York art institution where he has already halved budget deficit; search for a director to succeed the outgoing Thomas Campbell continues

Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse

Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whose president, Daniel Weiss, will take on the role of chief executive tasked with cutting its budget deficit. Photo: Getty Images/AFPThe entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whose president, Daniel Weiss, will take on the role of chief executive tasked with cutting its budget deficit. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
The entrance to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, whose president, Daniel Weiss, will take on the role of chief executive tasked with cutting its budget deficit. Photo: Getty Images/AFP
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