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Alexandra (Sasha) Suda (born 1981) is a Canadian art historian who was formerly the director of the National Gallery of Canada.[1] In 2022, she was appointed the director of the Philadelphia Museum.

Alexandra (Sasha) Suda
Born	1981 (1981) Orillia, Ontario
Education	BA at Princeton University; MA at Williams College; PhD at The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University
Known for	art historian

Early Life and Education

Suda was born in Orillia, Ontario and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She completed a BA at Princeton University, an MA at Williams College, before earning her PhD at The Institute of Fine Arts at New York University.[2]

Career

She served as Curator of European Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario.[3] According to the Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference, her Small Wonders: Gothic Boxwood Miniatures exhibition, held in Ontario, New York and Amsterdam, "received extensive positive press for its high level of scholarship which is driven by the public's curiosity about these wondrous works of art."[2] In 2020, Suda was part of a jury that chose Stan Douglas to represent Canada at the Venice Biennale.[4] In April 2019, Suda was named director of the National Gallery of Canada.[1]

In June 2022, the Philadelphia Museum of Art announced that Suda would assume the role of director at the Museum in September of that year.[5] In September 2022, workers at the museum held a strike over wages and working conditions.[6]

Selected publications

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